On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:49:11 +0200, Or Botton wrote:

> Clarence Verge wrote:
>> Do you care ?
>> Should this "appropriation" of Arachne be accepted/tolerated ?
>> Am I feeling unnecessarily depressed about the end of Arachne ?
>> Am I trying to interfere in the process of evolution ?

> I dont see this as much as "The End of Arachne" as much the next
> phase of it.

That's what I meant by evolution. :(

> Buttom line: Support for "crap" should definetly be added.

An option in Opt_pers.ah ? Enable support of crap ? <g>

> And if
> not for all the reasons I mentioned, then etleast for this one:
> Arachne is oriented not only for us, the "uber geeks", but also
> for the casual crowed.

I think we all realize that the "casual" crowd will never come to
Arachne anyway no matter WHAT we do, so it IS a geek only product.

What's wrong with that ? There really are a lot of geeks and otherwise
marginalized computer users.  Why can't the 1% that want a choice have
this DOS one as well as Linux ?
I mean, we should NOT try to emulate a Windows app to get users that
won't be satisfied anyway, let's satisfy the more selective crowd if
we can. <G>

-  Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.

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