Re: test if there is a gain
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:35:23PM +0200, David N. Welton wrote:
> "Michael Koch" <konqueror@gmx.de> writes:
>
> > I see no reason to imidiately switch everything to eclipse-ecj and
> > gcc-4.0 when it hits debian. We live from freedom of choice and mono
> > cultures are bad.
>
> We've talked about this some before, but I'll put in my two cents here
> for "choice is ok, but sometimes too much choice is bad". The
> difficult thing is defining "too much choice". People are often
> worried about choices, especially in cases where a "wrong" choice
> might cost them invested time or money. And they are even more
> worried when they don't have the tools or knowledge to evaluate that
> choice as well as an expert could.
>
> One of the reasons Ubuntu has been successful, IMO, is that there are
> fewer choices to make. Experts have made them for you - although if
> you are an expert yourself, of course you can 'fix' any changes that
> you don't care for.
>
> This is about investing money, but the psychology is relevant:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/~ss957/thefewer.html
>
> So what do I think "too much choice is bad" means for Debian? Well, I
> don't think we should exclude anyone. We aren't Ubuntu. On the other
> hand, perhaps it would be sensible to pick some "good defaults" and
> encourage them, while making sure that it's easy for those who wish to
> do so to swap them out for their own choices.
We had this discussion before. And I still think that your conclusions
is good for commercial distris but bad for Debian.
Michael
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