Re: Xandros promoting Linus' comments

["Luis Villa" <luis villa gmail com>]

On 3/9/06, Dave Neary <dneary free fr> wrote:
>
> Thanks Rajiv.
>
> We don't mind, really. Xandros are free to do what they like with other
> people's public comments.

I do mind, but I don't see much we can do about it :)

Luis

> Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> > Thought this might interest some folks here. Xandros in their latest
> > newsletter is promoting Linus' comments on KDE and GNOME. This is what
> > the write up reads:
> >
> > Torvalds Lends Suppor To KDE Over GNOME
> >
> > The KDE interface used in Xandros has received the full endorsement of
> > Linux's namesake with Torvalds proclaiming "I personally just
> > encourage people to switch to KDE." The debate between Gnome and KDE
> > centers around the balance between simplicity and functionality, with
> > KDE developers taking the position that more functionality is worth a
> > sacrifice in simplicity.
> >
> > "If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it," said
> > Torvalds of GNOME "I do not use GNOME, because in striving to be
> > simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply does not
> > do what I need it to do."
> >
> >
> > Rajiv
> >
>
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