"H. S. Teoh" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:08:41AM -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "H. S. Teoh" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:53:06AM +0100, Paulo Pinto wrote: >> > [...] >> >> This has been changing in the last years since Microsoft introduced >> >> Powershell and due to market pressure created headless versions of >> >> Windows. >> > >> > Wow. Headless Windows? Can it even be called Windows anymore? :) >> > >> >> Microsoft Drywall :) > [...] > > LOL > > On a more serious note, this is perhaps a proof that it's not a good > idea to conflate the OS with the GUI. :) But then I'm just being > pedantic. >
I've thought about that, and always been conflicted on it. User-choice and configurability is great, but OTOH there's something to be said about being able to assume one GUI system and not worry about a program or a set of instructions working on KDE *and* GNOME *and* xfce *and* lxde *and* blackbox *and* afterstep (is that still in use?) *and* etc... It'd be great if we could just have one GUI that's flexible/customizable/efficient enough for everyone. But then, problem is half the GUIs out there are *all* trying to be that "one and only" GUI. Oh well. > If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a > closed room with a mosquito. -- Jan van Steenbergen Heh, you've got some good quotes. I also really liked that one about "Why didn't he append 'I think' to 'wiser people are so full of doubts'?"
