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Dvorak: Linux too much like Windows

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-true dept.

inode_buddha was among a handful of folks who submitted linkage to Dvorak's latest column where he talks about Linux being to much like Windows. It's not really a slam, just a challange to be more innovative and look beyond feature creep and UI concepts that are old and tired. Hard to disagree with most of it.

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  1. I've never agreed with anything he's ever said. by oncee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've never agreed with anything he's ever said. I think he takes these extreme opinions just to piss people off.

  2. Dvorak just can't make up his mind... by SwedishChef · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    One day he tells us that Linux will fail because it won't run Windows applications. The next day it will fail because it's too hard to understand. Now he thinks Linux will fail because it's too much like Windows.

    Too much like Windows??? Dvorak is sounding more and more like an MS-pimp. Not only are the Linux developers supposed to produce an OS that is more stable, more secure, and more versatile than Windows, they have to make it do everything completely different to boot.

    And guess what... if that happened yjrm he'd tell us that Linux will fail because it's not like Windows.

    I compare Dvorak to my ex-mother-in-law who never forgave me for marrying her daughter and taking her away from home. Then, when I divorced her daughter and sent her home she never forgave me for that either. There's just no pleasing some people.

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