Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 02, 2004 02:59 AM
You mention very good points. But ESR is right when he says everyone is a user at some time point.
A researcher with a PhD in ECE and Aunt Tillie both want to print something without spending hours configuring the printer. The power user (researcher) wants at the same time the option to configure it in detail from time to time.
The answer to this dilemma is already known. Good backend software and a two tier GUI with this magic button called [Advanced] options.
The criticism of ESR is well justified and it boils down to making -a project- complete instead of leaving it half finished as we see in most FOSS projects.
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Re:The Linux identity crisis
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 02, 2004 02:59 AMA researcher with a PhD in ECE and Aunt Tillie both want to print something without spending hours configuring the printer. The power user (researcher) wants at the same time the option to configure it in detail from time to time.
The answer to this dilemma is already known. Good backend software and a two tier GUI with this magic button called [Advanced] options.
The criticism of ESR is well justified and it boils down to making -a project- complete instead
of leaving it half finished as we see in most FOSS projects.
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