On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 09:28:27PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote:
> I think, this is the wrong message! The association in the heads
> of people out there shouldn't be "that nobody uses anymore?" but
> rather "the window manager that people prefer who are looking for
> power rather than for gimmicks".
See -- as soon as you start out on this premise, you end up doing the very
thing which is ultimately going to be any project's downfall; pigeonholing,
and then entering in to competitions with other WMs/DEs, just because you've
made those statements.
You can try and justify it all you like, but as soon as you try and justify
the general consensus of a few people who think in the negative way you
assume is the prevalent attitude, then you're forever fighting a losing
battle, because those people have already made up their minds. Trying to
turn that on its head and then assume capturing new users can be done
through shoving the needs of those users into different boxes is called
GNOME.
Let people make up their own minds in the time-honoured way -- by trying
things for themselves. We'll help them when/if they get stuck, as we always
do.
-- Thomas Adam
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"Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong. But deep in my heart I know I am
not." -- Morrissey ("Girl Least Likely To" -- off of Viva Hate.)
