On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:06:54 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:
>> It is precisely the right question because the answer was only a quick
>> search away.
>
> Windows doesn't require any search at all. It just works. And Mac is
> friendlier still. Both leave Linux in the dust.
As a desktop OS I concur
>> An MP3 application is an extra and is not part of the operating system.
>
> Tell that to the average Windows or Mac user.
>
>> Since when did MP3 software comprise part of an operating system? It is
>> a userspace tool.
>
> See above. Normal users don't care about userspaces, tools, quick searches,
> or anything of the kind. They just want something that works. Unfortunately,
> Linux won't give that to them, because geeks refuse to admit that it doesn't
> work, and blame all problems on the user.
Also because geeks don't care in the main, and why should they? To a large
degree GNU/Linux is developed by geeks for themselves... that's pretty much
the way they feel about it... if I was developing for nothing, I wouldn't
care about some tosser moaning about a trivial problem either,... I'd just
do what interests me
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