[Leaplist] Another Vixta ??

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 22 February 2008 09:15, Ram K. Singh wrote:
> What is wrong with these developers? Do the informed consumers really want
> Microsoft product or one that looks like I am confident to say NO.  People
> want choices but such a myriad are most likely to confuse the consumer's. I
> am one of the newcomers to Linux and trust me, I am confused. I see so many
> distro that I can't make up my mind. Aaaargh!!!!!
>
> Ram

I don't think Windows' disadvantage is its look and feel. Bill Gates spent 
millions to get a look and feel people like, and many desktop managers copy 
that look and feel. He spent the money, we get the benefit. 

I use IceWM, which to me seems very Windows like. IceWM even has a Win95 
theme, which is a great conversation starter. At an Installfest, I once had 
David Harris do a screenshot of his WinXP machine, used it as my wallpaper 
with the IceWM Win95 theme on Mandrake, and got a lot of people very 
confused :-)

Windows is insecure, unstable, expensive, litigeous, and monopolistic, but I 
kindof like its look and feel (or at least what I remember of its look and 
feel).

Fred was right -- if U name your distro Vixta, you're asking for big trouble.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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