Messages in this thread | | | From | "Lauri Tischler" <> | Date | Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:39:39 GMT +2 | Subject | Re: GLOAT BLOAT (Was: Boot messages, Ideas for v2.1) |
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Anno Domini 20 Jun 96 at 10:59, Shinanyaku wrote:
> Lauri Tischler was heard saying .... > > > > Anno Domini 20 Jun 96 at 0:39, Tracy R. Reed wrote: > > > > > Hey, that's a neato idea. Linux is not commercial and nobody stands to > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > make any money off of it in most cases, but it should make an effort to be > > > > No, but it tries very hard to get to be commerical quality, what ever > > that is. IMHO the 'outlook' should be 'serious' without any > > 'prankish' stuff. > > Absolutely. Because lord knows that "prankish" and "flashy" stuff > doesn't sell, right? > Lord might be wrong :) Bill _knows_ it sells..
IMHO quite often flashy == cr*p, because flashy stuff is used to hide the cr*p, classic case of snake-oil salesmanship.
We don't want Linux to get that kind of image, do we ?? :)
Cheers Lauri.
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