Unity ROCKS!!!

[Albert Wagner]

Sorry, there is a storm here and an attempt to send to draft, sent to 
the list. I complete my reply below:

On 05/01/2011 06:50 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
> On 05/01/2011 01:32 PM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
>> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Justin Stanczak <rizenine at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:rizenine at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Great work all. It's like a blend of windows, mac, and gnome in
>>     one. I can't wait to update and see all the improvements. Also is
>>     there a general discussion list?
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Change (progress) is hard.  Unity is different from the Ubuntu we 
>> know.  I am, however, astounded by the anti-Unity anger expressed on 
>> this list.
> Astounded?
>>
>> I've been a software developer for over 30 years---from the early IBM 
>> mainframes and DEC Minis, through Macs and PCs, to the Cloud, iOS, 
>> and Android.  Not all innovation has been successful, but much of it 
>> has.  I do know that if I had the same reaction to change as the 
>> Unity haters, I would not still be employed.
> I too am a fossil.  I started doing IBM 360 assembler in the late 
> 60's.  I saw a lot of change that was NOT innovative.  If made to use 
> it, I usually walked.
>>
>> Anyway, one can still log on in Ubuntu Classic mode if one doesn't 
>> wish to learn something new.
>
> So, in your opinion, anyone who has issues with Unity is publicly 
> confessing that they don't wish to learn something new.
>
> You make the same erroneous assumptions that the decision makers at 
> Ubuntu make.  I repeat what I said above: not all change is innovative.
>
> What has irritated me is the broken promises.  I believed the original 
> hype about the meaning of the word "Ubuntu" and how it was to be a 
> platform that was usable throughout the third world.  That said to me 
> that is was to remain accessible to users of older/smaller machines.
>
> Now we see in a single leap a need for the latest and best in hardware 
> which is a broken promise, implied if not explicit.  Personally, I 
> have no need for ...
... the world's largest ipod that doesn't have a touch screen.  I work 
on my machine, and at my age my eyes need my 23" monitor.  I also dabble 
in digital art so I appreciate the screen real estate when drawing with 
a wacom pad.

To use your word:  I am "astounded" that anyone believes Unity is more 
useful than Gnome 2.  Notice, I said "useful".  Unity is definitely full 
enough of flash, frills and grace notes to delight the toy lovers,  but 
those of us with limited resources or who need a machine to work with 
will probably opt out.  BTW,  my attempt to install Unity told me that 
my hardware was inadequate, by which it meant:  you have a current 
nVidea  card...tough sh*t.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dick Dowdell
>> H/O: 508-528-4018 <tel:508-528-4018>  Mobile: 508-498-7919 
>> <tel:508-498-7919>
>>
>

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