On Mar 23, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Why do I have a "funny feeling" that as Ubuntu seems
to gain Linux dominance it also seems to be acquiring
some rather unpleasant facets previously only seen
with commercial operating system?
It has "climbed into bed with Google" - who next we
wonder ?
All you lovers of liberty and non-conformity, methinks
tis time to move on elsewhere!
And while we're at it...
I should be able to drive on whatever bl***y side of the street I
want to.
I want to be surprised when I turn on one of the water faucets in the
shower.
I don't care if the > button on my video player goes forward,
backward, stops or records.
I should be able to say "Goodbye" when I answer the phone and expect
the person on the other end not to be confused.
I want my mouse cursor to move to the right when I move it away from me.
;-)
Seriously folks, let's not confuse conformity with convention. For
the vast majority of computer users standardized interfaces is a
productivity multiplier. There simply will not be widespread adoption
of Linux (or any other OS) without a well designed, widely-used GUI
with consistently applied conventions. And do you really believe that
all other Linux flavors will wither away? To me the emergence of a
dominant Linux distro is a win-win for everybody. More users = more
support for the underlying OS.
Full disclosure: I haven't installed Linux (yet). But when I do I'll
probably go with Ubuntu, with nary an ill thought for users of other
distros.
Cheers.
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
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