Re: Don't overlook Simplicity.

[Bob Taylor <brtaylor inreach com>]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906171356000.21592-100000@sunrise.windsofstorm.n
et>,
 Nathan Clemons writes:
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> Since when did you purchase GNOME?
> 
> Sorry, just had to ask that.

Read my statement again. What I would have said explicitly was I make no
demands on free software, however I demand both from software I purchase.

> There comes a time when you, in the course of writing an application,
> have to decide if it is an important feature or excess bloat. Making
> things for the average DAU can very quickly lead to bloat.

I don't believe we were speaking of feature vs bloat.

> It's a fine line that you have to tread, but the fact remains: power or
> simplicity? In the end, one must come over the other. Maybe not in this
> version or the next, but eventually there always comes the decision.

I still maintain you can have both ease of use and power.

Bob

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