Re: A lot of choice is not always good
On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 20:40, Gary Turner wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:35:57 -0700 (PDT), Dr Nick Jacobs wrote:
>
> >
> >--- Craig Dickson <crdic@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >> Dr Nick Jacobs wrote:
> >>
> >(...)
> >> > How many other programs on the
> >> > CDs are unnecessary duplicates of each other?
> >> > Suddenly, Debian's proud boast of including
> >> > far more apps than the other distros looks
> >> > very dubious.
> >>
> >> They're not duplicates. They're totally different
> >> programs that happen
> >> to do the same things.
> >
> >I meant unnecessary duplication of functionality.
> >How careless of me not to word it more precisely.
>
> You may want to give this a bit more thought. Is this "unnecessary
> duplication of functionality" like sports cars, sedans, limos, big
> trucks, little trucks, dinghies, ultra large oil carriers, bicycles, and
> busses? They all carry a payload from here to there. Some folks might
> argue that there is a duplication of functionality here. I wouldn't. I
> don't think you would either.
Precisely. The Soviets, I believe, build 2 cars: a dink little
sedan, and a limo for the apparatchiks. You were definitely *not*
confused about which vehicle you could purchase.
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