Re:Ask HN: Mac, Windows, Or Linux?
by cabalamat on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @06:38AM
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> I thought the Vista bashing was just "It's different and I don't like it!" kind of bashing that all new versions of software get
This is an entirely sensible criticism. New software shouldn't do things differently for gratuitous and arbitrary reasons. It should only change things if there's a good reason to. Car manufacturers don't say "it's boring that all cars have for years done the brake and accelerator pedals this way, let's be new and innovative and do it the other way round!"
This is an entirely sensible criticism. New software shouldn't do things differently for gratuitous and arbitrary reasons. It should only change things if there's a good reason to. Car manufacturers don't say "it's boring that all cars have for years done the brake and accelerator pedals this way, let's be new and innovative and do it the other way round!"