YES !! Le 3 févr. 2010 à 18:27, Bob Sneidar a écrit :
> I guess the upshot of this whole discussion is that everything is a tradeoff. > To gain stability we have to lose some freedom. The most stable government is > a dictatorship, where only one man's wishes are done and everyone complies > with the standard he issues. But of course, nobody wants that. Excepting the > dictator of course. :-) > > Same thing with software and operating systems. People have complained > against the rigid control Apple maintains on development of their operating > systems (Microsoft is no different) and hardware, but the end result is > stability and predictability (not perfection I know). So it's all about > balance. How much freedom are we willing to give up for stability and > predictability in our computing world? The answer is different for every > person. > > For me, and IT guy, I am willing to give up a LOT of freedom, and restrict > the freedom of my users, so that my job does not become orders of magnitude > more complex and overwhelming. For the guy whose computer is his own personal > digital erector set, he will give up very little freedom. > > For me, I am willing to go with the OS that the most developers will tackle, > because they know it's not a moving target. I am rewarded with software like > Runtime Revolution. But the erector set guy has to face the likelihood that > mainstream software is not going to be available for his system. He will have > to choose from the offerings of other erector set guys (and very talented and > productive ones I admit.) > > Bob > > > On Feb 2, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> But please remember that one man's limitations is another man's freedom. >> For an experienced user like yourself Ubuntu's less frequent updates isn't >> helpful. But for newbies, updating every day is a hassle. And for >> developers, less frequent releases means the platform is less of a moving >> target. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
