Re: Re: Innovation

"Daniel C. von Asmuth" <asmuth-8LkvcxCLB6JmR6Xm/[email protected]> Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:04:40 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
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Thus quoth Richard.Corfield.Admin-XZoyATsUNX5Wk0Htik3J/[email protected] on Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:55:04PM +0100:
> > This is a place where a distinction must be made between KDE/Gnome
> > etc. and Linux. It may well be that KDE and Gnome applications try to
> > copy MS programs because that's what people seem to want. (And all the
> > Unixes use KDE and Gnome.)

On Unix you mostly get OSF Motif and CDE. 

> KDE and Gnome are not without innovation. UNIX and the free desktops have

They just hid it below tons of bloat. 

> and people do seem to want familiarity, but people do innovate on Linux.

Would a three-dimensional GUI count as 'innovation'? 

Kind regards,


Daniel von Asmutrh
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