> You started this thread demanding unification of the desktop, and it turned > into a discussion about branding. If you're going to unify, you'd better > start by appealing to the people you want to unificate, and you're going to > have to wean them from their existing brands.
Giving my opinion, not demanding anything. For whatever I care, distros can do whatever they want. My computing needs are well satisfied with what I use (and it isn't Windows). > The rest of your post is boring, unsubstantiated FUD. Yeah, bla bla bla. I haven't said anything about the (in)success of open source. I mentioned the reason why I believe that **desktop GNU/Linux** isn't successful (read that again a couple of times). I'm not a native english speaker, but you seem to have serious issues understanding it in plain. On 3/16/06, Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Julio Cesar Ody wrote: > >(not replying to poster, but to the conversation) > > > >Really, who cares about the name? Was the name Google that made it a > >success in the SE world? That's obvious enough. I feel silly by saying > >it. > > You started this thread demanding unification of the desktop, and it turned > into a discussion about branding. If you're going to unify, you'd better > start by appealing to the people you want to unificate, and you're going to > have to wean them from their existing brands. > > The rest of your post is boring, unsubstantiated FUD. > > Open source is successful because of exactly the reasons you claim it's not: > that everyone can do what they want and take an idea in the direction they > want to. > > You talk about unification like it's going to achieve something. When the > world is unified, we'll all be wearing grey suits, with a dark sandy-beige > skin colour, eating risk free healthy broth, and there will only be one sex. > I look forward to the desktop operating system of the future! > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Julio C. Ody http://rootshell.be/~julioody -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
