[lug] Re: KDE vs. Gnome

Linus was also trying to make a point to push the Gnome developers in
a different direction, they don't focus much on functionality. He
wasn't just trying to bash Gnome. Linux is all about choice. What's
better for one person isn't better for another person.

On 12/14/05, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/14/05, MadJo <mdejong@gmail.com> wrote:
> > my 2 cents.. both Desktop Environments have their own quirks and
> > plusses.
>
> I've forgotten all the plusses of Gnome (it's been a while)...
>
> > But indeed, Linus has a point. If you remove basic functionality (and
> > therefore crippling your product) just because the user _could be_
> > confused by it, is just plain stupid.
>
> Take MS Word. Millions of people use it, but the things they don't
> know about or don't know how to use, they don't! People will ignore
> that which they don't know about, so long as it isn't really staring
> them in the face (if you had to use CVS to use MS Word, that'd be
> "staring them in the face.")
>