You're comparing apples to oranges.
Uh no, he's comparing apples to penguins. Can't believe you missed that one.
I feel like a broken record because I always have to remind people of this: many of your arguments also go for Mac OS X to some degree. You have to make sure your hardware and software work for it before buying. Carbon apps vs Cocoa? PPC, Intel, or Universal, which do I download? Yet somehow Mac converts are on the rise. Maybe it's because I only need to be told once that universal is what I need to download. So if an Ubuntu user is told "use the software center, if it's not there, download a
I do agree the app descriptions like "for X11" are arbitrary, and this is being addressed as a papercut. However, all of the apps in the software center will work regardless of the toolkit (or lack thereof) in their description.
And how successful were they at these endeavors? Apparently, not very.
Where were you from 1995 to 2003? I couldn't go anywhere on the web without seeing the "best in MS IE" or even "IE Only" badges at the bottom of pages, whether for legitimate reasons like a bank site using ActiveX or out of sheer ignorance like cousin Larry's awesome family site loaded with IE-only tags ('cause he learned them on htmlgoodies.com!) "So just don't use those sites" was the solution, but not everyone had the luxury. Now we see the same thing with niche or industry-specific apps. The
So you want to do away with Ask Slashdot? It's a moral dilemma, he's got the potential to do great good but it just as easily might enable those who would use it for evil. Asking peers for opinions or insight doesn't mean he wants to blame others. There might be things he hasn't though of, or a better way to accomplish things. It's just a smart thing to do.
"Dr. is this the correct incision point, or will cutting here kill the patient?"
"If you have to ask, your ethical compass is b0rked. Dumb@ss n00b!"
Can we mod parent up?
Oh wait...
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein
