On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 09:14 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rajarshi Guha wrote: > > [snip] > > > If I understand correctly, one of your points is that this simple > > interface leads to a 'dumbing down' of the users understanding. > > And I absolutely agree! But why would a user have to know about memory > > management and event handling loops to be able to save a recipe? > > And per se the FLOSS system does provide the choice and flexibility of > taking the trouble to understand the internals as well as use a *dumbed > down* GUI.
Agreed. But this is not what the original argument was in the PDF file. The original argument was that a GUI is an 'imposition' on the Third World by those in power. The fact that Linux offers an alternative to the GUI and Windows does not, is totally seperate. So we have first decide which point we are supposed to be discussing > Haven't we drifted a bit far from the intent of the original post ? I > guess Sayamindu did it for FYI purposes only. I suppose so. But then whats the use of reading if we can't discuss? (At least its about computing!) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajarshi Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://jijo.cjb.net> GPG Fingerprint: 0CCA 8EE2 2EEB 25E2 AB04 06F7 1BB9 E634 9B87 56EE ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gravity brings me down. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
