Re: why debian

[Mark Crean <mcrean@snowpetrel.net>]

Steve Lamb wrote:
[snip]

Just my 2 cents, but trying to make everything relative won't do. There 
are plenty of standards by which things can be judged (whether 
anti-aliasing, interface design or meringues smothered in strawberry 
sauce) though whether someone likes them or not is merely a question of 
taste. Some outfits put a great deal of effort into being user-friendly 
for new or non-technical users (which includes setting up networking and 
putting help icons on the screen) and others do not. Some people believe 
that reaching out to such users requires a quite different approach from 
appealing to IT professionals or developers' peers. Good design can be 
assessed objectively and it does matter.

Still, as I've just wiped off Debian in favour of SuSe 9.2, at least for 
the time being, I've no longer a place here so am signing off.

:)

Fish