[ale] What were they thinking?

[Irv]

On Tue, 08 May 2001, Jeffrey B Layton wrote:

> I will second that comment. I've been using KDE since early 1.0.
> It has been my primary desktop during that whole time. Up to
> last week I was using a RH 6.2 system (with updates) and
> KDE 2.0.1. Then this weekend I reformatted and installed
> RH 7.1 with KDE 2.1.1. The speed difference is VERY noticeable.
> Doing anything in 2.1.1 is MUCH slower than anything in 2.0.1.
> My machine is a PIII/500 with 384 Megs of memory and a fast
> IDE. It shouldn't be this slow.

The sad thing about this isn't that it's slow - that could probably be fixed.
Unfortunately, when I posted a question to the KDE forum about this,
all I got was flames.. A later search thru their own list archives showed 
numerous complaints about the same thing - all either ignored or shrugged 
off as "something wrong with your system", but no hint as to what that might be.

If this were an isolated problem, hey, I'd go for M$ solution #1 - buy a
bigger, faster computer. However,  since approximately 50% of the posts 
here and elsewhere report similar slowness, I don't think it's at all
isolated. 

M$ solution #2 - calling  it a 'feature' - doesn't work for me :)
In 20+ years of writing software, never once have I been able to get away
with that 'solution' - clients expect me to fix my software. Imagine that!

I have been promoting Linux to my clients, but I think I'll have to back off.  
KDE was stable, fast, and enough like MS Windows to make the 
transition acceptable to many users
(assuming appropriate apps were available or written)
 
If I can't depend on that remaining true, then why go thru the hassle? 

Regards,
Irv


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