[torben@coastnet.com: Re: [as387@yfn.ysu.edu: Re: Random thought...]]

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

another forward, by request of the author. :)

it's a reply to sun's mail.

----- Forwarded message from Lars Torben Wilson <torben@coastnet.com> -----
> I agree. The thing is that Gnome in and of itself is not likely to
> convince too many users to leave WinDOS--that is going to be down to
> sheer application support. When people decide that they *need*
> something like *nix, they will (ideally :) find it gibberingly
> intuitive. However, I don't want to see new users sacrificed at the
> alter of backwards compatibility just to keep the WinDOS refugees
> feeling all warm and snuggly.
> 
> A lot of time has been spent on this list going over the features and
> misfeatures of two other operating systems--and proposing features,
> _without testing_, to replace them. Our own opinions, no matter how
> strongly we feel that they are reasonable and that users should agree
> with them, are pointless. If we don't find out, we won't know, and
> we'll commit the same errors, just with different mistaken metaphors
> and paradigms. We need something a hell of a lot more empirical than
> "Hey guys, how's this sound?" -- "That's cool" -- "No man, that sucks"
> -- with no resolution and general mudslinging to ensue.
> 
> We need to find out for ourselves what we want, need, and can do
> realistically. This doesn't have to mean pandering to a public who've
> learned to do it, in some instances, the wrong way.
> 
> So what I guess I'm saying is this: don't worry about how it's done
> now, find out how it's done RIGHT, and do it that way. 
> 
> 
> Torben

----- End forwarded message -----

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