Re: Some considerations...

[Ross Burton <ross burtonini com>]

On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 01:04, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > X is slow and a big memory eater, but it works and it's reliable,
> > besides having the best driver support.
> All of which is complete bullshit. :-)

Heh, say "X is slow and a big memory eater" around Jim Gettys, and
you'll soon be corrected.  X runs really well on the HP (ne Compaq) iPaq
which has a 200MHz processor and very little RAM.

> > Am I missing something?
> You're not tackling usability as the first priority, and structuring the
> technology responses to it.

The aims and goals in the mail seemed to be aimed towards 'mom and dad'
users, instead of enterprise to me.  These two targets have widely
different requirements and, as far as I know, gnome-os is targetting the
enterprise market.

Ross
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