On 25 Apr 2007 12:41:18 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: >Paraphrasing: Having so many instructions will simply confuse the >programmer! Better to have "one, true way" than many. > >http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/04/the_virtues_of_monoculture >html > >This article is basically about why Microsoft is better than Linux in >some ways. Linux has too many competing ways to do something whereas >Microsoft is usually monolithic. And "lack of choice" is superior >because choice leads to confusion.
That makes sense. But continuing that thought, I see Apple, which doesn't try to make its OS be all things for all people (and hardware manufacturers). Even if it *is* UNIX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
