[Dovecot] Linux should be as easy as Windows

Rick Romero rick at havokmon.com
Wed Aug 18 17:12:11 EEST 2010


Quoting "Dennis Clarke" <dclarke at blastwave.org>:

>
>> 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




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