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When it comes to the path separator, it's actually Windows that's contrary just because[1]. Http URLs use forward slash. MacOS uses forward slash. Virtually ev

When it comes to the path separator, it's actually Windows that's contrary just because[1]. Http URLs use forward slash. MacOS uses forward slash. Virtually everything else uses forward slash. Windows is clearly the oddity here, but since that's what you're used to you incorrectly assume that backslash should be standard. [1]: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/why-does-windows-really-use-backslash-as-path-separator/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/why-does-windows-really-use-back...

jiggawatts 6y ago
Read my post carefully. Please. You missed my point entirely. Inches were a standard too, used by the majority. A standard being older has no relevance when trying to 'sell' something to the majority group that has switched to a newer standard. A group literally born into that standard. Now, I get it, the back slash vs forward slash thing is an irrelevant distraction, and not even worth discussing seriously, which is why I called it out as such. But there's thousands upon thousands of things in Linux that are worth changing, that are worth the while being updated to match what the 95% are used to. This is basically the gist of the arguments for and against systemd. From the perspective of someone used to Windows or MacOS, systemd is catching up to NT4. From the perspective of a Linux user, it's forcing them to use kph instead of mph over their dead body.
- KozmoNau7 6y ago
  You're arguing that Linux should be like Windows, because otherwise it's uncomfortable and different from your preferences. You wish to force an entire existing ecosystem to conform to a completely different lowest common denominator and take away the things that make it interesting and competitive. The fact that the Unix-type world is not like the Windows world is precisely what makes it relevant and worth using. I completely dislike the Windows way of doing things, it makes me uncomfortable. That's why I use something different.

jiggawatts 6y ago

Read my post carefully. Please. You missed my point entirely. Inches were a standard too, used by the majority. A standard being older has no relevance when trying to 'sell' something to the majority group that has switched to a newer standard. A group literally born into that standard. Now, I get it, the back slash vs forward slash thing is an irrelevant distraction, and not even worth discussing seriously, which is why I called it out as such. But there's thousands upon thousands of things in Linux that are worth changing, that are worth the while being updated to match what the 95% are used to. This is basically the gist of the arguments for and against systemd. From the perspective of someone used to Windows or MacOS, systemd is catching up to NT4. From the perspective of a Linux user, it's forcing them to use kph instead of mph over their dead body.

KozmoNau7 6y ago
You're arguing that Linux should be like Windows, because otherwise it's uncomfortable and different from your preferences. You wish to force an entire existing ecosystem to conform to a completely different lowest common denominator and take away the things that make it interesting and competitive. The fact that the Unix-type world is not like the Windows world is precisely what makes it relevant and worth using. I completely dislike the Windows way of doing things, it makes me uncomfortable. That's why I use something different.