* Kyle Donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Mar 13. 2001 16:08]:
> #
> # I wrote this open letter to the Unix world, after reading everything that
> went
> # on over 'Open letter re Gnome'. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't, but
> just
> # read it before jumping to conclusions.
> #
>
> Why do we care so much about what other people use, or think about
> what we use?
>
> Take the Vi vs. EMACS debacle: This is a holy war that has been going
> on since they were introduced. I personally use Vi (or, rather, a Vi
> clone), and have a strong dislike towards the large-do-absolutely-
> everything-possible idiology behind EMACS (I know that's not true in
> all cases, but most EMACSen are pretty large).
>
> However, do I go out and try to change all of the EMACS users to Vi, or
> all of the users of one Vi clone to another? The answer is no. Why should
> I? Likes or dislikes are based purely upon personal preference, and
> therefore, no one has the right to judge other people, or even other
> things, by them.
>
> The same is happening as of late with the GNOME (Gtk+) and KDE (Qt)
> desktop environments. One side believes that their desktop environment,
> and/or UI toolkit are the best, and that all should use/follow it. The
> same is true for the other side as well.
>
> Since I happen to have a dislike
> towards the GNU project, or namely, Richard Stallman, my choice in this
> matter is KDE/Qt, but I do not use either exclusively. I don't even use
> KDE or GNOME, I only have them for the shared libraries, and some of the
> useful applications that come with them.
>
> Truth be told, I feel the same way about my command shell. I know that
> most of the installed Unix user base is not using gileSHELL, but who
> am I to go out and say that my shell is better than BaSH, TCSH, ZSH,
> etc?
>
> Maybe I am nuts and should be assimilated unto the masses. Or, maybe I
> have a valid point, and people will realize that the Unix world is a
> complete hellhole when it comes to openness of software: 'You have the
> right to choose what you want to use, but we will try our damndest to
> make you use what we made.' To me that sounds a bit Microsoft-ish, but
> who am I to be the judge of that?
Bla bla bla -- is there not some
alt.sex.I.dont.have.anything.better.to.do place on USEnet for stuff like
this, instead of wasting our time here?
--
Mads Martin Joergensen, http://mmj.dk
"Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and
totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort."
-- A. P. J.
