from the quill of David Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
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> But, for myself, I say screw "Joe Average User".
Then you say screw Mandrake, and screw RedHat and screw Corel and screw
Caldera. See, the problem is that Joe Average User is what is going to
keep those companies in business. Without Joe Average User none of
those companies will be able to sustain their expenses.
And even if those companies could sustain their expenses with sales to
us hackers and ISPs for Internet servers, without Joe Average User you
can also say goodbye to any possibility of decent commercial
applications. That is something I want. Sure freeware is great, but
there are holes that commercial vendors are more than willing to fill if
there is a reasonable revenue stream from it. That takes Joe Average
User.
> I
> don't use Mandrake because it's the "easiest".
Nor do I.
> I use it because it tends to be
> the most cutting-edge distribution and more or less compatible with
> Redhat.
Ditto.
> Yeah, the additional effort put into the mandrake desktop is quite
> nice, too,
> but I for one hope Mandrake is not heading toward being the idiot's
> linux.
Why not? You obviously think you will lose something if an idiot can
use the same Linux you are using.
> We
> already have Corel and Caldera vying for that title.
And if they make it and Mandrake doesn't, you will be using Corel and/or
Caldera in the end.
> Give me control, give me
> nice conf tools and up to date packages.
You can't have them, or Mandrake Linux without Joe Average User. Sorry
that's how it works. Unless you can find somebody who wants to keep
pouring money into a hole. Send me his address when you find him
please. But also recognize that making an O/S that Joe Average User can
and will use does not preclude you being able to use it exactly the way
you want to. The Joe Average User part is mostly about having enough of
the right tools so that he does not have to see a tty, if he does not
want to. That doesn't mean you will be denied the tty if you want it
though.
> Then let me hack it. My 2 cents.
But that will not pay Mandrake's bills.
b.
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