[Sussex] The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison

[Mark Harrison]

John,

Are you seriously contending that because a reviewer has rated a Microsoft
product above a Linux one, it is evidence that they have been tainted or bribed?
I'd say that _that_ represents a viewpoint more biased than the reviewer showed,
albeit in the right direction :-)

Asking that the tests be carried out on a set of users with no Windows
experience is, sadly, not a good model for the ecosystem in which Linux needs to
compete. If Linux wants to gain share on the desktop, it has to cater for people
coming to it from Windows, not coming to it from cold.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Crowhurst" <fyremoon at fyremoon.net>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] The Definitive Desktop Environment Comparison


>
> > Saw this on /.  thought someone might find it interesting:
> >
> > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3064
>
> Personally I would like to see these tests performed by a group of people
> who have never experienced Windows before and haven't had any bias with
> one over the other.
>
> Criticising one theme on one GUI with another theme on another GUI is
> worse than pointless, as that would be tarring all the themes with the
> same brush.
>
> The fact that Windows comes out tops at the end and on most of the tests
> leaves the feeling that the tests (or the person reviewing them) has been
> tainted (or simply received a backhander) to make Windows seem better, the
> same goes with OSX.
>
> --
> John
>
>
>
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