for any slashdot reader, this is just a pissing contest of two DE dev teams. In RL, this harms propagation of linux as a desktop. The best way would be to have it named Control Panel so the noobs feel OK. It is traumatising for windows user to move to linux desktop, same name convention should make it easier on those - and for them it matters the most. Very few people like changes. Having less to remember is better today, at least for the Average Joe that has no time nor will to remember trivial names for the same thing.

yeah, whats up with you haters and preposterous people? read what was written, not what you wanted to read.

"client induced retardation" meant that me, personally, was lead by my client into doing something really stupid, like paying 7 feet of cable - 80 dollars. I have never done anything dumber than this "per client's recommendation/request", since than I've learned to triple-check whatever my clients ask for. I've seen them throw money away, and that is their right and thing they do. However, since than, I've never taken their order for granted (or their word for granted, as well, until they've proven themselves).

Also, I'd never be comfortable working with engineers who cannot *confirm* that whatever they're troubleshooting is NOT caused by cabling. I would be very very disappointed into my team members if they are so dumb that they need to call Cisco and than let themselves be talked into "replacing your regular cables with Cisco cables, to make sure problem's not due to the cabling"....

My client insisted we buy cables from Cisco, too. We ended up paying 80 US dollars for one 2-meters long (like, 6,5 feet) straight un-shielded cable. That was the biggest 'client induced retardation' I've experienced, although your price of 100 quids for HDMI cable surely beats Cisco prices.