Re: Fundamental issues with open source software

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Author: Chris Gehlker
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Fundamental issues with open source software
On Apr 15, 2004, at 9:02 AM, Craig White wrote:

> that may be your advice but OS 9 is legacy and weak in terms of UI
>
> OS X is just simply confused UI
>
> Windows XP is close to a good UI - most people don't get the idea of
> the
> difference between the two mouse buttons and hiding 'My Computer' and
> 'My Network Places/Network Neighborhood' is simply stupid.
>
> I think that Gnome and KDE are close to usability to either OS X or
> Windows XP
>
> That isn't a big problem for desktop Linux.


My experience simply doesn't bear this out. Windows XP has totally
defeated smart people trying to configure a simple home network, for
example.

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