From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jun 9 9:52:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.bfm.org (mail.bfm.org [216.127.218.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1936C37BA6B; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:52:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@whizkidtech.net) Received: from WhizKid (rh17.bfm.org [216.127.220.210]) by mail.bfm.org (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-52399U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id org; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:52:43 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000609115136.008ff8a0@mail85.pair.com> X-Sender: whizkid@mail85.pair.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 11:51:36 -0500 To: John Baldwin From: "G. Adam Stanislav" Subject: RE: MS poll Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200006090908.FAA00606@server.baldwin.CX> References: <3.0.6.32.20000602105141.008acbd0@mail85.pair.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 05:08 09-06-2000 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > >On 02-Jun-00 G. Adam Stanislav wrote: >> Just found this site , which contains a poll on >> whether Microsoft should be split. Here are the current results: >> >> [snip] >> >> Quite frankly, I'm surprised that the majority (56.9%) voted no. > >I'm not. For the average non-geek user, have a standardized, >mostly easy-to-use interface is a good thing. Most users prefer >point and click to a CLI. That's probably true. But that site is for geeks. That is why I was surprised. Besides, the MS split is not about the interface. It is about predatory business practices. The split should, theoretically, not hurt the interface. Perhaps it will even help it since, again theoretically, there should be no more API secrets, so, if anything, more programmers will write software for it. By the way, I have just revisited the site. Now they have 2838 total votes, of which 49.4% is for the split, 46.2% against, 4.4% do not care. Of course, it's a moot point now: The judge hath spoken. I am more worried about one possible scenario I saw on one of the major sites (either ZDNet, or Wired, or one of those), namely the possibility of George W. becoming President and dropping the suit while it's being on appeal. Cheers, Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message