From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262772AbTJaCDp (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:03:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262775AbTJaCDp (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:03:45 -0500 Received: from gemini.smart.net ([205.197.48.109]:59653 "EHLO gemini.smart.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262772AbTJaCDo (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:03:44 -0500 Message-ID: <3FA1C2DB.24E60F40@smart.net> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:03:07 -0500 From: "Daniel B." X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.22+dsb1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right References: <3F9F7F66.9060008@namesys.com> <20031029224230.GA32463@codepoet.org> <3FA0475E.2070907@namesys.com> <1067466349.3077.274.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> <20031030002005.GC3094@digitasaru.net> <16288.24913.844699.956689@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <20031030013418.GD3094@digitasaru.net> <20031030212812.GA698@ncsu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Måns Rullgård wrote: > > jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu writes: > > > Unfortunatly, we probably dont really have a choice. MS has enough market > > share that we must emulate not only their good, but even their bad ideas > > if we want Linux to be used by people other than those who develop it. > > Well, do we, necessarily? Is the goal with Linux to get as many users > as possible, or to create the best OS possible? I was hoping for the > latter. How about using usefulness as a measure? (Well, yeah, then the question is "useful to whom"?) Daniel -- Daniel Barclay dsb@smart.net