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Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice

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On 3/30/13 8:34 AM, in article CD7C541E.18369%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com,
"Snit" <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> <http://www.linuxadvocates.com/2013/03/standardization-as-road-to-more-choic
> e.html> OR <http://bit.ly/YmynS8>
>     -----
>     If you are reading this article from a Desktop Linux system take a
>     minute and look at a few programs on your system ... Chances are you
>     will find much inconsistency in the programs you look at. Even
>     within single programs there is often a great deal of inconsistency.
> 
>     Is this a problem? Many users say it is not; they believe they ³get
>     used to² each program and speak of how it is not hard to figure out
>     the multiple styles found on their systems. Even if they do not
>     realize it, though, inconsistencies do lead to problems ­ they lead
>     to reduced productivity and efficiency and increase in user errors.
>     This is backed up by HCI/UI research, is accepted by pretty much
>     every relevant expert, and such ideas have been expressed by the
>     teams that produce KDE, Gnome, Ubuntu, FireFox, and many other open
>     source projects. Having a distro that works as a unified system is
>     important if you care about the work you do.
>     -----
> 
> Much more at the link. This is directly from Dietrich Schmitz's Linux
> Advocates site. The author of the article clearly has a good understanding
> of user issues and the open source ecosystem.
> 
> Would love to hear what the COLA "advocates" think.
> 
Funny how RonB and the other "advocates" who attack me in COLA for pushing
for more choice in the open source world do not dare post any comments on
the article on linuxadvocates.com. Not even Marti and chrisv and Ahlstrom
who are so anti-choice in COLA have been willing to stand up and belittle
the idea of greater choice in a more public forum.

The COLA "advocates" are anti-advocates - and their actions show they know
it. 


-- 
"It is often hard to persuade the developers of one component to do what
improves the system as a whole rather than what will make their own
component more useful and successful." -- Richard Stallman

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Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-30 08:34 -0700
  Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice "Adam Gansefoort" <nospam@nospam.eu> - 2013-03-30 18:44 +0100
    Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-30 11:13 -0700
      Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice "Cola Zealot" <Cola_Zealot@fuckoff.com> - 2013-03-30 22:39 +0100
        Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-30 15:35 -0700
    Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-04-01 10:27 -0500
      Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-01 13:08 -0700
        Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-04-01 16:15 -0400
          Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-01 13:25 -0700
          Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 08:19 -0400
            Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 07:03 -0700
          Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-02 08:31 -0400
            Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 09:21 -0400
              Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-02 10:11 -0400
                Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 12:30 -0400
      Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-01 23:27 -0400
        Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 09:40 +0100
        Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 08:20 -0400
  Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-31 12:28 -0700

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