[Klug-general] Re: You can't dis apple

J D Freeman klug at quixotic.org.uk
Tue Dec 19 13:17:23 GMT 2006


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On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:40:06PM +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> Actually it doesn't dictate to the user for the most part the user
> doesn't even notice. There is masses of logic in what apple have done,
> look at the Woz and Jobs and spot the fact that the pair of them are two
> of the smartest people in the world.

Well I don't have the choice on a mac do I? 

> > They have come back with a usable desktop agreed. I think its one of the
> > best things out there for the normal user. I however, am not a normal
> > user. Nor are most people on this list at my guess. And that is where
> > the matter is really to be decided.
> 
> No you definitely aren't if you worry about 20px

See my comment elsewhere.

> > You don't give the blunt round ended scissors you had at school to a
> > surgeon, but at the same time you don't give a scalpul to a school kid.
> 
> Bad analogy, I wouldn't trust my machine with you ;P But thats like
> saying you wouldn't give a box of matches to a kid, you'd definitely not
> give them an atomic weapon. 

A good analogy is like a leaky screw driver.

You have however made my point perfectly. Thank you.

> Debian is a sh*tf*ckb*stard heap of nonsense. Ubuntu on the other hand
> is cool. 

So what I am detecting here, is that you just don't like debian. I don't
know why, and really, I couldn't careless. I suggest tho, that perhaps
you write what you don't like about it in an email, mail it me, and I
will make sure the feedback gets to the right people.

> Funny ;p

Not mine tho, taken from a guy I used to Dive with.

J
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