Re: Something is very wrong with this group
Hi,
I have refrained from this debate so far, since I do not think
my input was really required, and, after all, I did not write the
darn thing.. However, this has been moving in directions I find
... distasteful, and it is being pushed by people who again did not
write the darned thing.
>>"bruce" == bruce <bruce@va.debian.org> writes:
>> But if you are going to be picky about user-friendly names, "Trove"
>> isn't it.
bruce> Point conceded. However, in this case I expect most people
bruce> would point-n-click to get to it. Do you know the executable
bruce> names of your Microsoft applications? If so, do you often type
bruce> them??
So, Trove is going to be a Microsoft product, or run on MS
platforms? If that is the case, I have no objections to it; it seems
typical MS'ism.
If not, I fail to see the relevance of that statement. On my
UNIX boxes, I do know the names of software I use regularily, and I
generally do type it manually. I personally do not like the
connotation I percieve of pirates treasures, and people dying on the
high seas (murder and rapine are equally as unpleasant as Deities [I
like Deities -- some more than others, it is true]).
I do not think it is a wise move to alienate our traditional
user group in (pardon me) a slavish imitation of techniques
that has made microsoft what it is.
manoj
who would let Culus decide what to call his baby
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