[ale] Wine

[docx at io.com]

On Fri, January 20, 2006 5:18 pm, Geoffrey said:
> docx at io.com wrote:
>>
>> My desktops have been Windows because of work constraints.  My experience
>> with
>> Linux has been primarily from a command-line working on boxes in data
>> centers
>> far away from me.  I'm sure desktop Linux has progressed much in the past
>> 7-8
>> years.
>
> Then you should not post as you did previously, placing inaccurate
> information on the internet for all to find.  Your post was completely
> inaccurate.

My original post said nothing about the state of the desktop for Linux vs.
Windows or the state of Wine as a stable platform.  My comments about editing
config files instead of pointing and clicking were related to setting up Wine,
not to using Linux as a desktop replacement for Windows (though I can see how
someone could read in their own interpretation of what I posted).

I commented a) some people are very hesitant to change, b) if something is
going to replace what they're used to it better be able to do it better and
without error and c) that the Wine folks are probably trying to make sure they
conform to that ideal before they promote their code from beta.  The only
thing that could be inaccurate is my opinion of the motivations of the Wine
developers (but I stated it was my opinion, so that caveat should provide
sufficient indemnity to my statement).

> People change all the time.  They get used to it.  Hell, if they didn't
> we'd still be riding horse and buggys.

Like the Amish?  Like the Luddites?  Not all people change.  In fact, some
people actively resist change.  Not accounting for this basic portion of human
behavior is a pretty big oversight.

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