[OT] Debian mailinglists [was: RE: Debian or Ubuntu?]
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed May 21 15:07:48 UTC 2008
Chris G wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:12:38AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>
>>> And the best user interface is always no user interface whenever
>>> it is possible for the machine to do it correctly by itself.
>> I can't argue with that :-)
>
> I can! The problem with the machine doing it correctly by itself is
> that it almost inevitably has to make some default assumptions.
> That's all very well if they're correct and it's all very lovely and
> nice but the odd case when they're wrong can be infinitely frustrating.
Yes, but this is the precise circumstance where you don't want a GUI
with the same wrong assumptions trying to force them on you.
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Les Mikesell
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