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How did you determine that network transparency is a crucial feature? All other GUI environments I use (Windows, Mac OS, Android, iPhone) appear to get along p
by bickfordb 14y ago
How did you determine that network transparency is a crucial feature? All other GUI environments I use (Windows, Mac OS, Android, iPhone) appear to get along pretty well without it. It seems like a pretty complicated requirement that may be blocking desktop Linux progress.
- agwa 14y agoSo if other systems don't have a feature, Linux shouldn't have it? Shouldn't Linux strive to be better than other systems? The attitude of "Windows gets along fine without it" just leads to a race to the bottom.
- Retric 14y agoThere are billions of ways Linux could be better than Windows suggesting one of them is not worth the cost does not mean your in a race to the bottom.
- bickfordb 14y agoThat's a straw man. All features should be weighed against each other. Priorities and engineering choices should consider all potential Linux users, not just the current most vocal-crustiest. For instance, I personally prefer lower latency and ease of programming over network transparency. Your bottom might be my top ;)
- agwa 14y agoThat's fair and I agree with you that features need to be weighed against each other. But I really don't think a feature's presence or absence in another operating system should have much weight in a discussion about Linux. Nor would I assume that because another system made a feature tradeoff it's the right tradeoff, either in general or for Linux specifically.
- malkia 14y agoFor example I wish Windows exposed it's fork()-ing mechanism in the Win32 API. Not sure why they didn't. It makes things much simpler.