Re: There is no choice
On 9/23/2014 9:36 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 08:35:49AM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 9/23/2014 8:26 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 09:04:05PM +0100, Joe wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:56:10 +0000
>>>> "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It woun't kill any detractors to try this and help us find what
>>>>> breaks, to help us to get a Debian system we can all be proud of
>>>>> instead of talking up a storm to complain about things. Experience
>>>>> may also allow us to support alternatives where feasible.
>>>>>
>>>> Why is it forbidden to do both? I need to use Windows for some
>>>> purposes, and occasionally I even correct some of the more out-of-date
>>>> FUD about it, but that doesn't mean I think it's great, or that I'm
>>>> somehow not allowed to criticise it.
>>>
>>> No, but consider how it would go down if you were a Farmer who wasn't
>>> happy with the crop yield but instead of going to the seed manufacturer
>>> you go along to the tractor service department and complain incessantly.
>>> How do you think that would go down?
>>>
>>> It is the wrong Mailing List!!!
>>>
>>
>> A much closer example would be if you only had one tractor dealer
>> available, and he decided only to carry one tractor. And that one
>> tractor had everything in one piece - plow, disc, planter, 19 different
>> harvesters for different crops (corn, wheat, cotton, turnips, etc.).
>> And every time you took to the field you had to take all that with you.
>>
>> BTW - all of them are dependent on each other - and if the corn
>> harvester fails, you can't plow your fields or plant your wheat.
>>
>> That is what systemd does.
>
> You still don't get it.
>
I get it, all right. You are trying to squelch a discussion because you
don't agree with it.
My tractor example is much closer to reality than yours is.
Jerry
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