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Jason Stokes wrote:
> 
>  If Linux should,
> as certain people keep on claiming, attempt to be a real threat to
> commercial software monopolies, it must move into the mainstream, and
> that means expanding its focus beyond just the traditional Unix
> applications.

Unfortunately it's not quite that simple.  The "mainstream" idea
seems to be that users are dumb and the system should automagically
do everything for them 
(ever tried word'95? Did you like wizards popping up asking "what kind 
of document do you want to write today? Oh, a letter? Who to? What's
their address? Are you sure?)

If the system  _really_ has a problem with that, it is permitted
to ask user - but only a simple question that can be answered with
yes or no - nothing more complicated.  Don't even think of giving
them three choices.

It's not just linux or "traditional" unix applications that don't
fit into this kind of mainstream -- it's the whole concept of unix
that's incompatible.

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Dimirti
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