Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:42:49 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The desktop apathy Message-ID: <15133.21081.613768.10453@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <200106051815.LAA17590@usr08.primenet.com> References: <20010529194223.P3636@lpt.ens.fr> <200106051815.LAA17590@usr08.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> types: > > Would you rather pay $5000 per seat or whatever it was for crap like > > CDE? That's where we'd be if the GPL'd alternatives didn't exist. > No, we'd be paying for Visix LookingGlass, and we'd all be much > happier. Please speak for yourself, not for others. I might be wiling to accept that people who want/like/need/will-put-up-with KDE, Gnome or CDE would be much happier, but not everyone fits into that category. I evaluated LookingGlass for a client once upon a time. Nothing I've learned about UI design since would make me change that negative evaluation - just the opposite, in fact. It's possible the product has changed enough to change that evaluation, but I've no interest in doing it again. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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