Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Parsons Newsgroups: sci.physics,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Microsoft How Are You Stupid: Let Me Count The Ways Date: 10 Nov 2015 14:34:29 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <38v34bhlohvlr9dmahvoqush58ftis5aoe@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LsVDPqANaiDz6w2VJUy2IgmL9pkeD3f6WkH6uCBJAQrGHofzia Cancel-Lock: sha1:JgD0cLBGIHoARd8klOFg+7MebFs= User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:531758 comp.os.linux.advocacy:332266 On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 08:29:02 -0600, chrisv wrote: >>> slime wrote: >>>> >>>> at least it doesn't require configuration once it is. With Linux, >>>> this is usually necessary for newly-installed programs. > > Poor "Slimer" seems to want some "committee" to decide on the "best" > configuration, for EVERYONE, and then lock it down. > > We don't need all that choice. It just confuses people! Consistency is > more important than flexibility. Forcing people of all skill levels to > use a single compromise configuration does _not_ result in loss of > productivity! > > Sheesh. What a dipshit. Every minute spent configuring the OS is a minute of productivity lost unless the configuring of the OS is the only job at hand. -- Lloyd