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Date:      Fri, 02 Jun 2000 18:24:15 -0400
From:      "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why encourage stupid people to use *BSD WAS:Re: IE
Message-ID:  <3938340F.58BEDB21@mail.ptd.net>
References:  <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202D811@URANUS>

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Stefan KORONKA wrote:
> 
> > This is not to say that FreeBSD can't be
> > made simpler, but there is a limit, and that limit is more
> > complex than
> > Windows.
> 
> As a programmer who wrote (argh!) several applications for
> windoze, from standard api stuff to com servers, i can't say
> that windows is simple .. In fact, I find it more complex
> than unix. My personal opinion is that: for windoz, if something
> can be made harder, it will be. Opposed to: in unix, if something
> can be solved simple, then it is ..
> 
> Of course, for regular user, windoze can be a very friendly (?),
> easy-to-start environment. But under this inflexible simplicity,
> it is hiding a very huge mess.

I agree that programming Windows is a hideous experience (especially the
subtle, undocumented differences among platforms), but it was the
regular user's experience that I was referring to.




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