Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC
Without tip-toeing around the matter, Linus Torvalds made his preference in the GNOME vs. KDE matter quite clear on the GNOME-usability list: "I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE. This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do. Please, just tell people to use KDE." Also, "Gnome seems to be developed by interface nazis, where consistently the excuse for not doing something is not 'it's too complicated to do', but 'it would confuse users'." Update: More of the discussion here.
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Member since:2005-10-02
Yes Linux == Linux. But Linus != Linux.
Linux is the kernel, Linus is the coder. And they're spelled differently.
Gates has more influence in MS than Linus has in Gnome. But I don't doubt Linus makes more real decisions than Bill Gates, but that is not relevant. What is relevant is the level at which these decisions are taken.
At that level Linus != Linux, but Gates == Microsoft.
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> However, Linus != Linux and Linux != Linus.
Oh. But Linux DOES equal Linux. In the eyes of the press he does, in the eyes of the general public he does, in the eyes of corporate CEOs he does, etc. He is unofficial spokes person for Linux whether he likes it or not. And what he says and how he behaves reflects on the entire community, whether anyone likes it or not.
> Bill Gates are however responsible for MS. He
> IS Microsoft. His words are law - the same cannot
> be said about Linus.
I hate to burst your simplified dictatorship view of MS. But corporations don't work that way. They have things like a board of directors and so on, which they are required to have by law. Bill Gates is just the most visible frontman at MS. The reality is when it comes to making real decisions, he probably makes less than Linus does.