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.
