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Miguel de Icaza On Usability and Openness
doperative points out comments from Miguel de Icaza on the struggle for usability in many software products:
"De Icaza uses OpenSUSE as his main desktop (with the GNOME interface, of course), says he likes Linux better than Windows, and says the Linux kernel is also 'superior' to the MacOS kernel. 'Having the source code for the system is fabulous. Being able to extend the system is fabulous,' he says. But he notes that proprietary systems have advantages — such as video and audio systems that rarely break. 'I spent so many years battling with Linux and something new is broken every time,' he says. 'We as an open source community, we don't seem to get our act together when it comes to understanding the needs of end users on the desktop.'"
Which is why de Icaza sold out to Microsoft, y'know, to help meet some needs...
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Continuing his role as shill and apologist for Microsoft, Miguel once again misdirects the crticism and blame on the FOSS community.
Having video and audio systems that rarely break is a function of having the specs of the hardware to write stable drivers. This is not the fault of the FOSS community who have done great work in reverse-engineering many hardware specs without manufacturer support.
Miguel is wrong. Again.
"I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
Most of the .NET spec has been published under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise... which is irrevocable. The only unclear parts are ASP.NET, ADO.NET and Windows Forms. Microsoft has no way of backing off that promise now, so Mono is safe.
Thank you for informing yourself before posting.