Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 13:01:53 +0930 From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Is simplicity despised? WAS: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <200208060414.g764EqL15834@tierzero.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20020731094751.A55417@constans.gldis.ca> References: <00d301c23504$9bbe0c60$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <200207311037.g6VAb5L68944@tierzero.apana.org.au> <20020731094751.A55417@constans.gldis.ca>
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I was intellectually offended by the response to my suggestion that there is a use for a simple instrument such as the text editor le. Apparently if it isn't comprehensive and complicated it is to be despised as a "toy". Does that mean that users of FreeBSD are to become elitist intellectual snobs, discarding on principle that which is easy to use and understand? There is a precept that I embrace, called KEEP IT SIMPLE - STUPID! Shouldn't we all use the simplest and easiest method to accomplish a task, not deliberately choose the complex "over-kill" alternative? -- Regards, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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