Linked by Thom "Slakje" Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2003 19:04 UTC
Misinterpreted. I think that is about the best word around to describe the reactions to my previous article. Whether it has been misinterpreted due to people only reading what they want to read, due to an unclear choice of words on my behalf, or other factors, I am going to try it again. I will try to explain my position, again. Now, more stable, the code has been rewritten from scratch!
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point 1:
Every windows system I've seen seems to load a bunch of stuff after one has logged in, including networking, plus all the other crap that goes in the system tray, while a *nix system tends to load (virtually) everything before login.
point 2:
You actually mean the file layout standards used, not the FSs themselves. In that case, one word: "PROGRA~1". They couldn't just call it "Programs"? it's even an 8-letter word! I agree that the traditional *nix way of installing can cause scattered-file-hell, but I would venture to say that the BeOS FS layout scheme reached just about perfection in clarity. Also, drive letters suck, and I've read they are finally going away (well, hidden) in Longhorn.
point 3:
Most users don't install the OS themselves. If a user is competent enough to install and OS himself, then he can probably figure out the fun GUI linux installers that come with most distros. Really, I'm no newb, and I've had a number of problems with Windows installs from 95 up to XP, from crashes to stalls.