Inquirer lacks innovation (was: Linux desktop lacks innovation)

[Richard A. Johnson]

On Monday 19 November 2007, Liam Proven wrote:
| Just for the entertainment or interest of people, an example of the
| sort of thing I get, which may go some way to explaining my apparent
| intolerance or shortness of temper.
|
| I am amazed that anyone would judge a person by the place that they
| get published. Apparently, because this chap doesn't like some things
| The Inquirer says, he thinks that any article on the Inq is rubbish
| written by idiots.

Put it this way, everything I have ever read on the Inquirer was rubbish, some 
may be idiots, some may not.

| Incidentally, I'm a freelance writer; I don't work for the Inquirer,
| VNU Business Publications, Incisive Media or any connected or
| affiliate company. I work for myself; amongst other places, I sell
| articles to Incisive for publication on the Inquirer.

That is good to hear, I would be interested in reading your other articles 
that were posted elsewhere.

| However, for years before that, I was an Inq reader, and still am. I
| like its tone and style and I think that there are some very smart and
| incisive people writing for it. Personally, I think its no-nonsense
| attitude cuts through swathes of industry BS that is all too often
| seen in other parts of the IT media.

I don't agree, but that is me.

| One possible explanation, perhaps, is that a lot of the stuff on the
| Inq is deeply satirical, ironic or sarcastic, and I have often noticed
| that a great many people on the Internet are unable to spot this, and
| if it's pointed out to them, they hate it. I've been kicked off
| mailing lists before now for giving entirely informative, helpful and
| factual answers couched in a sardonic tone. I find this face rather
| amusing.

Glad you found it amusing.

Another thing I really enjoy is when you quote private emails. You emailed me 
off of the list, which from the get go strikes me as "hey lets keep this 
private." And then you come here and paste it in the public, good job bud! I 
have said from the get go I don't trust the Inq, and now I guess I shouldn't 
trust the authors either.

Oh well, you quoted it and everyone can see, and I still back up what I said. 
Your 2 desktops you talked about, Rox and whatever the other one was, is far 
from innovative. I see windows, I see icons, I see the good ol' blocky things 
that have been around forever.

/me out, done, this is annoying and stupid

-- 
Richard A. Johnson
nixternal at kubuntu.org
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