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Re: Mozilla picks a DSCM system.... an amusing read

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 16, 2007, 07:15 UTC
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<81b0412b0704160015o101afbd3tfa3e868fbdd161a7@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4/16/07, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> There's a lot of truth in that - Windows users (that I know
> anyway) just want something to work.  Even if they are themselves
> a programmer, they don't want to write X, they want someone else
> to give them X for free, in a fully functional state.

Because you can't change anything in Windows (in almost any commercial installation, for that matter). Often, the user get punished if he tries. Be lazy and stupid is strongly encouraged.

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  1. Theodore Ts'oApr 15, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceApr 16, 2007
  3. Alex RiesenApr 16, 2007
  4. Martin LanghoffApr 16, 2007
  5. Martin LanghoffApr 16, 2007
  6. Theodore TsoApr 16, 2007

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