Pardon my ignorance ...

On Wed, 01 Aug 2001 21:51:57 +0200, Or Botton wrote:
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> I ran and used DesQView. I cant see any connection. Qube is an engine.
> Not a software suite or a useable GUI.

> Its like comparing the engine of a car to a fully built Honda.
> "The engine has no doors or A/C! So its worthless!"

Excuse me, but I fail to see a connection.  From what I've seen of Qube
it is a paint job without a car to go on.

Just what *is* your definition of "engine" in this context?  

I can run a car engine on a workbench, with no car attached, and
determine if it is good or bad.  I can make repairs on a car engine, and
know that when I reinstall it in the car I'll have a complete and
operational machine if nothing else is broken.

>From what I think I read further down in your message, are you saying
that the ability to move stuff on a screen and have buttons respond to
clicking is an "engine" ?????

If so, it doesn't deserve a name like "engine" because an engine
produces work/output and moving stuff on a screen is a video game.

You asked "Who said anything about users?" or words to that effect.

Who?  You!  You implied that QUITE CLEARLY when you said "what we and
the programmers" wanted to do with it.  If one is not a programmer, then
one is a user ... right?  Or do kitbitzers who cannot use or test the
software count in software development?

I'm not trying to be nasty ... I'm simply saying that apparently a lot
of bad information was offered up as the truth, something to "save the
world" etc etc etc.  Further, it was offered up in a forum where it
really doesn't belong if it doesn't work.

Don't you have separate mailing lists for people who want to watch stuff
get developed but never get to play with it along the way???

l.d.
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