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On Monday 12 August 2002 10:29 am, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: |
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> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 12:17:41PM -0500, Matthew Kennedy wrote: |
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> > Jeremiah Mahler <jmahler@×××××××.net> writes: |
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> > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 06:15:42AM +0000, Alti Vec wrote: |
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> > > > This loooked like it would've been an interesting linux to install |
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> > > > and use |
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> > > |
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> > > Projects that are trying to be popular: |
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> > > |
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> > > Java |
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> > > RedHat |
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> > > SuSe |
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> > > anything Microsoft |
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> > |
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> > Hmmm... haven't you just given 4 examples of projects which *are* |
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> > popular? :) |
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> I wasn't saying that those are not popular. They are popular, and |
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> they are also trying to be popular, unlike the other things I mentioned. |
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> The things I tend to use most are things which are not trying to be |
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> popular but are. |
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> > -- |
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> > Matthew Kennedy |
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> > Gentoo Linux Developer |
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> > Bugs go to http://bugs.gentoo.org! |
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I think it's somewhat similar to the projects I'm attracted to -- projects |
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that don't try to be popular, but because they're useful, and mostly |
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well-designed, it's inevitable that they become popular / widely used, simply |
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because people who are 'in the know' prefer them...whereas Microsoft, et al |
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are popular because their marketing tells you that they are ^_~ |
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~D. A. Stone |
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