Re: [TCLUG:7019] Speaking of the GNOME Demo...

[David Guy Brizan <dbrizan@mr.net>]

I can't agree with you more, Joel. Throughout the presentation, my
friend was tapping me on the shoulder, saying, "... are they going to
get to the part about fixing the thread library?"

I understand that the criticism of Unix in general and Linux in
particular (no doubt because of its popularity) is that it isn't user
friendly [read: GUI intensive, with a familiar "taskbar," etc.] And I
understand RedHat's need to fix that perception. But if the cost of that
is the alienation of the core evangelists, they will have a hard time
with their clear goal of getting the majority to adopt their software.
</$0.02>

Then again, a free T-shirt is a free T-shirt.

-- 

Nothing convinces me that computing is an art so much as a bad install.

David Guy Brizan          brizan@freenet.msp.mn.us          612-814-8223


"Joel A. Koepp" wrote:
> 
> Hopefully it will be safe for me to post this...I haven't detected much of a
> potential on this list for vitriolic responses so far. :)
> 
> I brought a friend (NT user) to the Radisson on Friday, and we were both hoping
> to hear and see some cool stuff. The talk and demo were not really what I
> expected, and I couldn't quite tell what audience they were aiming at. My
> feeling at the time was that what they were doing with GNOME really undersold
> the capabilities of Linux. My friend made a comment along the lines of: "Well,
> I guess with Linux you can change your background and the color of windows,
> huh?" A little flippant, perhaps, but understandable given what he saw.
> Thankfully there were some things displayed that set GNOME apart from Micros~1
> graphical features. Perhaps a more impressive display of Linux features would
> have taken too long.
> 
> Maybe it was unreasonable to expect to learn anything new and cool there. The
> talk was ok, a little heavy on rhetoric and perhaps old news to most people in
> attendance. The question and answer session was the best part to me, because I
> got to hear what kinds of issues other people are interested in.
> 
> In short: I think it's great that RedHat came to the Cities, and it certainly
> didn't do any harm--publicizing Linux is a good thing. But I was a bit
> underwhelmed and felt like I was hearing lots of stuff I already knew. On the
> other hand, I got a free T-shirt. :)
> 
> Anyone have other ideas or comments?
> 
> Cheers,
> Joel
> 
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