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Open Source Design and the OpenOfficeMouse

Linked by Kroc Camen on Sun 8th Nov 2009 10:21 UTC

Is complexity (and wearing this on the outside) an inherit part of open source design? FactoryJoe compares the OpenOfficeMouse (a mouse with 18 programmable buttons and even an analogue joystick) and the Apple Magic Mouse-"To me, the OpenOfficeMouse seems like such a typical product from the open source community." [Kroc: I honestly believed the OpenOfficeMouse to be a very clever satirical joke, the irony that it isn't suspends belief]

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RE: My...god....

by lemur2 on Sun 8th Nov 2009 23:41 UTC in reply to "My...god...."

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I actually thought the OpenOfficeMouse was some sort of a joke, now I am deeply troubled and worried about the fact that it isn't a joke! It looks absolutely horrible, it isn't ergonomically shaped, there's just _way_ too many small buttons too close to each other... Of course, these are all just my opinions, but I fear this makes us F/OSS supporters look even more ridiculous in the public eyes than before!

This mouse isn't a requirement to run FOSS or OpenOffice. If you don't like it ... don't use it.

Why would you be deeply troubled? The majority of FOSS supporters would think, as do you and I, that this mouse is indeed ridiculous. Strange as it may seem, I'd imagine there might be a tiny minority who would like and appreciate such a mouse. Why would the fact that either group exists make FOSS supporters look ridiculous?

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