>From a "Standards" thread I saw this :"Linux should be as easy as Windows" I would like to point out that this is a thinking problem. A shift in thinking is required. That should say : "Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows" In this way we allow someone running BSD, Solaris or some port of Debian to an old Dec AlphaServer will have the same level of functionality provided standards are adhered to. Once programmers begin to see everything in the light of Linux then we can also kiss goodbye the opportunity for portability to other OS types. Dennis
On 18/08/2010 15:41, Dennis Clarke wrote:> > From a "Standards" thread I saw this : > > "Linux should be as easy as Windows" > > I would like to point out that this is a thinking problem. A shift in thinking is required. > > That should say : > > "Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows" > > In this way we allow someone running BSD, Solaris or some port of Debian to an old Dec AlphaServer will have the same level of functionality provided standards are adhered to. Once programmers begin to see everything in the light of Linux then we can also kiss goodbye the opportunity for portability to other OS types. > > Dennis >I think everything defined as "easy" is not (random order): - Light - Scalable - Secure - Portable - Customizable -- Simone Caruso IT Consultant p.iva: 03045250838
Quoting "Dennis Clarke" <dclarke at blastwave.org>:> >> From a "Standards" thread I saw this : > > "Linux should be as easy as Windows" > > I would like to point out that this is a thinking problem. A shift > in thinking is required. > > That should say : > > "Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows" > > In this way we allow someone running BSD, Solaris or some port of > Debian to an old Dec AlphaServer will have the same level of > functionality provided standards are adhered to. Once programmers > begin to see everything in the light of Linux then we can also kiss > goodbye the opportunity for portability to other OS types.Yuck. The problem with such a generalization as 'making things easy', is that to do so the system needs to make decisions for the user. The reason I stay away from Windows is because it tends to make bad decisions. Rick
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dennis Clarke said the following on 18/08/10 15:41:> "Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows"Windows is not "easy" is "common". In UK driving to the left is "easy" and driving to the right is "hard". In the continentale Europer is the opposite. "easy" is more a point of view than a fact. Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxr/PAACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZT3CACeIc4KBdb1bA1+kDFeccHzxSyl ErIAoKsugpyqK4x2hMvAGIPYvEySI+Tg =YCL8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Luigi Rosa wrote:> Dennis Clarke said the following on 18/08/10 15:41: > >> "Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows" > > Windows is not "easy" is "common". > > In UK driving to the left is "easy" and driving to the right is "hard". In the > continentale Europer is the opposite. > > "easy" is more a point of view than a fact.+1