Fwd: Re: Application duplication (was: Re: cdbakeoven)

[Neil Stevens]

From: "Dimitrie O. Paun" <dpaun at rogers.com>:
> Let me explain (I'll pick on the editors): everybody wants to edit text.
> Notice: I said "edit text", not "use gvim", nor  "use kate", not "use
> xxx". Does this mean we need to have ONE editor. NO! Users are religious
> about their editors. But because they are, 99.99% of users want to use
> one editor whenever they edit text, because they are soooo much more
> productive in the editor they are used to.

So it's "religious" to want an editor that makes you more productive?

I'm more interested in an explanation of why this isn't just a personal 
preference.  You've called it stupid enough times, now tell us why having 
a large K menu is stupid?  Is it because one little menu in the corner is 
hard to navigate?  What's the real problem here?

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