Hi, On 12/14/05, Santiago Roza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As jdub would roughly put it "Don't Panic". > > well i never said we should panic, but it's something we should be > keeping an eye on.
I don't see a reason to Panic. This flamewar has been going on for ages and will never end. So yes, Linus voiced his opinion on the flame-war.That does not mean all GNOME users are going to drop GNOME and switch to KDE. First,Geeks read Slashdot. The intelligent geeks know how to separate a genuine news article from something which was copy-pasted from a mailing list post. Another point is Geeks as computer users today are a minority.So if you are looking at the bigger picture(99.9% of the desktop market) then the geek-factor diminishes. At this point, I need to ask myself. Q) Is GNOME making users dumb ? A) Yes. Q) Is it good ? A) Yes. If GNOME wants to cater to the "bigger-picture" then yes, GNOME "usability" is on the right track.Sure, some geeks might abandon you for more "uber" DE's but in turn you will be embracing a lot more users who are scared of other Desktop Environments. just my 2 penny. -Toufeeq -- blog @ http://toufeeq.blogspot.com -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list