On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Alan Cox <[email protected]> wrote: >> It would be like releasing a new car and then telling the buyer that the >> tires that are included aren't good enough but that's okay because they are >> free to go through the trouble of replacing them right after they take >> ownership. Modularity is not a feature; a good feature is a feature. > You wouldn't be a very good car salesman then would you ? In fact people > loathe and hate the lock-ins wired into cars. Plus of course the first > thing anyone does when they get into a car is umm > > Adjust the mirros > Adjust the seats > Adjust the music > Adjust the airconditioning > Adjust the satnav > Fit random personal objects (modularity) > ... > > "I'd like to use a random bluetooth hands free", "sorry our car is only > available with our official hands free option" > > "radio", "ours only" > > "satnav", "ours only" > > "engine management", "ours only, DRM protected and we sued the other guys" > > "I need snow tyres", "sorry we don't support snow tyres, you don't need > them."
To be fair, current GNOME situation is more like "I previously owned a large Ford van and I demand you make this piano fit into my new Lamborghini". -- Patryk Zawadzki _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
