* Daniel Lawson <daniel(a)meta.net.nz> [2004-06-30 06:46]:
I get fairly frustrated with the attitude that seems to dominate overall major linux development which says that we have to mimic Windows. GNOME and KDE have done this, Samba is perpetually doing this.
I don't think you can compare these at all: KDE and GNOME are willingly doing so; noone is forcing them. Samba is the same thing as WINE: intended to shoehorn Linux into places where Windows rules. Yes, I find it frustrating that everyone is just aping the Microsoft interface. Aping Apple would certainly be better -- but it's not going to be easy, considering how viciously Apple are guarding their assets (just try to find an accurate Aqua theme for one of the desktops..). Regards, -- Aristotle "If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough."