[ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome

[Lizzeh Rodriguez]

Well said Robert!


On 1 Sep 2008, at 22:46, Robert McWilliam wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 09:12:48PM +0100, Philip Wyett wrote:
>> What is really beginning to worry me is that there is too much  
>> choice of
>> applications in the Open Source world. Instead of working to make  
>> what
>> we have better and bite into bug #1 and give users a base set of
>> applications they can get comfortable with and trust, we are going to
>> leave maybe switchers to Linux with the mass confusion of which
>> application is best and sticking with Windows.
>
> That's kind of missing the whole point of open source. The advantage
> of distributed and uncontrolled development is that everybody goes in
> whichever direction they want and explores the possibilities for
> solving a problem to their own satisfaction. The fact there are a
> multitude of solutions is an advantage as we can each select from them
> to get something we are happy with.
>
> Dictating the "right" way of doing something and getting everybody to
> work on it is highly unlikely to actually get the best solution as
> there is no perfect person to be the dictator. It also precludes the
> possibility that there are a range of options because different people
> want different things.
>
> If you want someone else to do the choosing then you can go for your
> distro's default and not worry about it.
>
> It really annoys me when people preset choice as a problem. It might
> be intimidating to a new user if they are presented with a huge number
> of options but that is an argument for how we should be presenting
> things to the new user not an argument for limiting the choices
> available.
>
> OK, I'll stop ranting now :)
>
>    Robert
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