[geeks] broken software

Fri Dec 2 15:44:14 CST 2005

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 14:22, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> long enough to see that one size does not fit all.  Vertical dependency
> loops in the Gnome source code was the first sign they were smoking
> crack; when minor Gnome desktop components have link dependencies upon
> independent non-system software that ISN'T EVEN PART OF GNOME, you know
> they've lost all remaining touch with reality.

Actually they are forcing an all-or-nothing choice on you as a strategy to win the Unix desktop.

Want even one tiny GNOME app?  You have to install everything plus the kitchen sink.

It is sort of like how MSFT took over the desktop by using Office as the blunt instrument to force people to upgrade from DOS to Windows.

--Patrick