Dan Widyono on 20 Jan 2005 14:45:32 -0000 |
Can't speak for all other Windows haters, but *I* hate "Windows the Operating System" and "Windows the product manufactured by a company whose business practices I despise", not "Windows the User Interface". The latter has some really good work behind it, a *lot* of really good human interface work, even though it isn't perfect. Heck, my 3-year old can navigate Windows well enough to reboot into MS-DOS (which even he prefers, just so he can type). Nothing is perfect, but all GUI's strive toward perfection (isn't that what life is about as well?). They're all probably going to reach a somewhat similar look and feel in the end (until the next paradigm shift, of course). Linux isn't looking more and more like Windows. They're just both looking more and more like the ideal graphical keyboard-and-mouse-driven user interface, and Microsoft has been working closer with paid end-user support for a longer time. Saying that, however, if I were a Windows / Xerox Parc human interface engineer, I'd certainly be flattered, yes. Dan W. On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 09:38:30AM -0500, George Gallen wrote: > OK. This is not meant to be a troll for flames....but > > If the Linux community despises windows that much, why does each > newer version of linux (at least Redhat/Fedora), look more and more > like windows? > > Granted, it may run better, with less overhead and problems, but as > the saying goes, isn't imitation the greatest form of flattery? -- -- Daniel Widyono -- -- www.widyono.net -- -- www.cis.upenn.edu/~widyono -- -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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