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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo
From:       Dan Stone <dan () headzofstate ! com>
Date:       2002-08-12 17:41:10
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On Monday 12 August 2002 10:29 am, Jeremiah Mahler wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Matthew Kennedy wrote:
> > Jeremiah Mahler <jmahler@pacbell.net> writes:
> > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 06:15:42AM +0000, Alti Vec wrote:
> > > > This loooked like it would've been an interesting linux to install
> > > > and use
> > >
> > > Projects that are trying to be popular:
> > >
> > >  Java
> > >  RedHat
> > >  SuSe
> > >  anything Microsoft
> >
> > Hmmm... haven't you just given 4 examples of projects which *are*
> > popular? :)
>
> I wasn't saying that those are not popular. They are popular, and
> they are also trying to be popular, unlike the other things I mentioned.
> The things I tend to use most are things which are not trying to be
> popular but are.
>
> > --
> > Matthew Kennedy
> > Gentoo Linux Developer
> > Bugs go to http://bugs.gentoo.org!

I think it's somewhat similar to the projects I'm attracted to -- projects 
that don't try to be popular, but because they're useful, and mostly 
well-designed, it's inevitable that they become popular / widely used, simply 
because people who are 'in the know' prefer them...whereas Microsoft, et al 
are popular because their marketing tells you that they are ^_~

~D. A. Stone

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