Date: 05 Aug 2002 23:34:15 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is simplicity despised? WAS: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <874re8obaw.fsf@pooh.int> In-Reply-To: <200208060414.g764EqL15834@tierzero.apana.org.au> References: <00d301c23504$9bbe0c60$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <200207311037.g6VAb5L68944@tierzero.apana.org.au> <20020731094751.A55417@constans.gldis.ca> <200208060414.g764EqL15834@tierzero.apana.org.au>
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At 2002-08-06T03:31:53Z, Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> writes: > Shouldn't we all use the simplest and easiest method to accomplish a task, > not deliberately choose the complex "over-kill" alternative? No, we should not. See also: FreeBSD's VM versus Linux's VM. The former is far more complex, but extremely well regarded. The latter? Well, it mostly works. The problem is that in some cases initial simplicity can lead to terrific complexity at a later time. It may be overkill to learn Emacs or Vi for the purpose of writing emails. Then again, once you've made the effort, you can easily hack many-thousand-line source files - the kind that will kill an "easy" editor. -- Kirk Strauser The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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