Re: small purposal for change in installworld

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Aryeh Friedman wrote:

> Sorry for being a little abrasive... my main point is we should aim
> for more of a "point and click" style of doing things... apple and ms
> have done it pretty well for the average case.

I think your mistake is in thinking that this is a goal shared by the 
developers who actually do the work on the base system. I say this as 
someone who has actually spent quite a lot of time working on parts of the 
system that make maintenance, operation, and UI issues "easier" for users.

There is a certain level below which you can't go without radically 
changing the "personality" of the project. Several people have pointed you 
to other projects that use FreeBSD as the OS but add more user-friendly 
stuff on top. I think this is a good approach, and my read of the 
developer community is that this is the direction things will go in the 
future as well.

Meanwhile, your statement "we should aim for ..." is totally devoid of 
meaning. There is no "we" in the sense that you imply. There is only you, 
and your keyboard. If you want something FreeBSD related, get to work. 
That's the only way it's going to happen.

If you think that the above paragraph is "too harsh," that's Ok. It also 
happens to be the truth.

Doug

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