Re: [Dovecot] Linux should be as easy as Windows

Quoting "Dennis Clarke" dclarke@blastwave.org:

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From a "Standards" thread I saw this :

 "Linux should be as easy as Windows"

I would like to point out that this is a thinking problem. A shift
in thinking is required.

That should say :

"Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows"

In this way we allow someone running BSD, Solaris or some port of
Debian to an old Dec AlphaServer will have the same level of
functionality provided standards are adhered to. Once programmers
begin to see everything in the light of Linux then we can also kiss
goodbye the opportunity for portability to other OS types.

Yuck. The problem with such a generalization as 'making things
easy', is that to do so the system needs to make decisions for the user.

The reason I stay away from Windows is because it tends to make bad decisions.

Rick