On Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:08 AM, "Ted Roche" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The experimentation with new things is a hassle. A ribbon instead of a > menu, a tablet-like touch interface instead of a keyboard-and-mouse > GUI; these are hard things to adjust to. It costs real companies real > money to have their people learn new interfaces, only to have them > disappear or change again with the next version. Instead of offering > only one choice ("take it or leave it") as Microsoft does, the many > different flavors of Linux can offer a range of choices, and the best > can continue to evolve
I guarantee you that when Windows 8 is released, you'll be able to make a regular Win 7-style desktop the default, and turn off the Ribbon. Because corporate customers will ensure that this happens, and also because the requirements of the server variant. And with XP, Vista and 7 there are any number of alternate shells, including (I'm surprised to learn) KDE. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
