Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 19:48:25 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Damien Tougas <damien@tougas.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GUIs are flawed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002011929250.391-100000@acp.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <200002020102.SAA28403@usr09.primenet.com>
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Terry Lambert wrote: [snip] >> Take a look at Windows 2000 and how many millions of lines of code that >> they have created just to compete with Unix. I think that KDE and GNOME >> are great in some respects, but at the same time, I think that they >> are just going to wind up as bloated and buggy as windows if they keep >> increasing the complexity of their software. The larger that these >> projects become, the more difficult the will be to maintain. > >FWIW, they are capturing a larger market segment as a result of >this philosophy, regardless of whether they are technically >right or wrong, in the limit. The GUI _is_ capturing the larger segment from what I'm seeing -- even among professionals. Brett isn't far off the mark on that. My questions, though, are: 1. Is there enough interest in the community to create a rational GUI frame work for a default FreeBSD install? 2. Is there enough maturity in the community to agree on a default window manager without the bloody wars? 3. Can anyone put a value on the additional market share we'll get from the effort? 4. If those three can be answered positively, How should we proceed? -- Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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