fso bug/oddity
Tilman Baumann
tilman at baumann.name
Wed Sep 17 19:25:52 CEST 2008
Federico Lorenzi wrote:
> On 9/17/08, Tilman Baumann <tilman at baumann.name> wrote:
>> I see fso walking a fine line between genius and insanity. :)
>> settingsd vs. gconf would be one of these cases. I just refused to
>> really think about it yet, so i don't really know how much sense it
>> makes. I think i would not like the outcome... (gconf is horrible, but
>> it was there long enough to be considered a standard...)
>> pimd vs. eds the same...
>
> Just because something has been around long enough to be considered a
> standard, doesn't make it a good one. Look at .doc, it has been around
> for a few years (in one incarnation or another), but does that make it
> a good standard?
No, but something where you need to carefully think about before you
waste resources on replacing it and nobody wants it. ;)
And i don't say we should all use .doc, that's something where the ugly
penalty is too great. *g*
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