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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!somsky From: somsky@dirac.phys.washington.edu (William R. Somsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: The Future of FreeBSD... Date: 31 Jul 1995 18:31:10 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3vj7he$aca@nntp5.u.washington.edu> References: <3uktse$d9c@hal.nt.tuwien.ac.at> <id.LFWL1.LL3@nmti.com> <3vgo2b$6vk@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <3vi181$j4u@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dirac.phys.washington.edu In article <3vi181$j4u@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, Jon Jenkins <jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com> wrote: > Like it or not the "perception" is that > the average computer user will find NT easier > to use than UNIX. [...] > > Again this was not a deabate as to which OS > is better but rather what should be done > to FreeBSD to make it better. It seems > that GUIs are popular (understatement intended!) If GUI's, etc, _really_ do make things better, then OK, but please, _please_, **PLEASE**, don't add them just because they're "popular" or are "perceived" to be better. IF IT'S NOT **ACTUALLY** BETTER, DON'T DO IT!!! [ I was going to ramble on some more, but I'll just leave it at this and save some net bandwidth. ] ________________________________________________________________________ William R. Somsky somsky@phys.washington.edu Department of Physics, Box 351560 B432 Physics-Astro Bldg Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-1560 206/616-2954