[CS-FSLUG] NI: Self defeating desktop Linux strategies

[Don Parris]

On 8/31/05, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> Self defeating desktop Linux strategies
> 
> Paul Murphy contends that trying to imitate Windows is the wrong way to make
> the Linux desktop succeed: "Things that let people continue doing things the
> old way, including dual boot strategies and this nonsense of making the Linux
> desktop look more Windows like than Windows, are doing far more harm then
> good."
> 
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=408&tag=nl.e539
> 
> --

Well, I have long refrained from using desktops that mimic Windows too
closely.  One of the major reasons I migrated was to get away from
Windows and the Microsoft Way.

Don
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