Re: Cut & Paste

 >The nice thing about Windows is that there's obviously a bunch of
 >> thoughtful Christian types at work thinking about all of these things
 >> and fixing them.


 >I don't want to be rude but what have those ancient types to do with 
 >cut/paste in Linux?

You're not being rude. It's never too late to learn. Christian types do 
excellent, thoughtful programming.  They think of all these little 
details and so their software (PERL, for example) works down to the 
finest little details.  They're always thinking of the end-user, and 
their stuff is always improving.  They ask for, and cherish, customer 
feedback.

The really annoying thing about Linux is that so much of it is 
half-assed and poorly thought out for the desktop user (cut & paste, 
fonts, drivers, printers, installation & removal, documentation being a 
few examples).  The reason seems to be that Linux developers don't 
really care about their "customers".  They don't solicit customer 
feedback, and don't respect (or value) any feedback that they do get. 
They offer crappy warranties.  Their response to user problems is often 
belligerent ("get a different mouse").

Another user in this forum reported:
 >The application for which I have the biggest peeve concerning [cut & 
 >paste] is Mozilla.  It was first >reported as bugzilla bug #64319. 
This bug was opened December 2000.  >Which means that after more than 2 
1/2 years, it has yet to be fixed.  >Pasting *from* Mozilla is bug 
37057.  Well over 3 years.

If I was  Christian, I'd probably think (to myself) that Linux 
developers are like a bunch of atheists - self-centered and thoughtless. 
  Sure, it's possible to work with atheists in any industry, but it's 
stressful and REALLY ANNOYING!  The end result is a desktop software 
environment (Linux) with lots of really annoying bugs like the cut & 
paste bug.

-- 
RJ Burke