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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Walt Mossberg
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-09-17 4:02:09
Message-ID: 46EDFC41.2050109 () acm ! org
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Last time I mentioned him, some didn't know who he was.  I suggest that 
we read his column:

http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20070913/linuxs-free-system-is-now-easier-to-use-but-not-for-everyone/

Reading between the lines, it appears that he liked Ubuntu better than 
Vista.  It would be nice if he could also try Kubutu on a desktop.

He states that: "Linux is still too rough around the edges" probably not 
a sufficiently accurate statement for an engineer used to making fine 
distinctions.  I doubt that he meant the same thing as when I say that 
KDE is too rough around the edges.

Like many in the outside world, he isn't clear on what Linux is (he 
still confuses software and hardware) although he gets it right part of 
the time and refers to Ubuntu rather than Linux.  I'm not sure that he 
understands the difference, but I have never heard him mention Darwin 
when discussing OS/X. :-)

IAC, I see nothing about rough edges, only some specific issues which 
you don't need to be a 'Techie' to understand better.

We will always have "Ignorance is bliss" vs. "Knowledge is power".

I first brought his column up when I suggested that "Linux" (i.e. 
Linux/GNU/X11/[KDE|GNOME] will be ready for prime time when he thinks it 
is.  I am very pleased that he is starting to think that it is ready for 
power users.

-- 
JRT
 
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