[desktop-discuss] Vermillion b57 - careful!

[Dennis Clarke]

> Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>> Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>>> I'm suddenly reminded of why I like to put /usr/xpg4/bin first in my
>>>> PATH
>>>> because everything has been tested.  Correctly.  Open source can be
>>>> a mine field with bugs and sometimes a swarm of killer bees.
>>> XPG4 just tests for standard compliance - it's no protection against
>>> bugs,
>>> and programs in /usr/xpg4/bin are just as likely to have bugs as any
>>> other
>>> (i.e. odds are near 100% that every program big enough to be useful has
>>>   some bug).
>>
>> you just made me ten bucks Alan.  I made a bet with a friend that if I say
>> anything at all ( post a reply ) that within minutes I'd get some argument
>> back from either you or Glynn.
>>
>> cool... you're so predictable.
>
> Glad to be of service.   You could probably place similar bets on statements
> like "All software in OpenSolaris is CDDL - there is no GPL" or "OpenSolaris
> is just ON."

Or we are living in the past to think that large complicated piles of
software can be rendered into a workable and stable state.  Maybe desktop
software like GNOME should be left to the Linux world and we should be
looking at KDE as an alternative.  Have some sort of backup plan for when
GNOME really gets out of control.  Other than CDE.

And yes .. thanks

Dennis