On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Chris Mathey wrote:
> Rich Morgan wrote:
>>> Hopefully everyone will stop worrying about fancy looking GUI and just
>>> make the application work and keep it simple!!!
>>
>> It can be argued that the improved user interfaces have enabled more
>> people to use computers. Since we're a fast food culture that wants
>> everything "on demand", you're not likely to see a rash of
>> Blackbox-on-Slackware users anytime soon.
>>
>> There's a quote I heard the other day that really hit home with me
>> (paraphrased): "If you really don't like change, you'll like irrelevance
>> even less."
>
> See, I like fancy. Take Vista for instance. I really think it's slick and run
> it on my main workstation. Simple is boring to someone who likes these kind
> of toys. I'm definitely not trying to start a OS debate.
> I'm just saying if everything was status quo like you say, where does
> innovation come from?
Functionality. Increased capacity. Improved algorithms, actually lowering
CPU/RAM demands for once.
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