22 May
2024
22 May
'24
12:13 a.m.
William Morder via tde-users wrote:
There was a time when reviews might have actually
meant something; but
even that is questionable. Back in the newspaper days, an *individual*
food critic or music critic might give a subject 1-5 stars, in which case
it meant something. Whether one agreed with the critic's judgment or not
is another matter, but at least it was clear what that review meant.
Reviewers do not work for our benefit. They work for their own benefit -
they get money or quotes. This means they write the review for specific
target group and the wider the group, the better the results (for them).
So the key is the target group. Unfortunately in the past 30y or so the west
turned into lazy stupid consumer society and worst of all are the younger
people. Even if they have good education etc., they want everything to be
easy, quick and simple. Because of TV and smart phone, they can hardly
concentrate and barely comprehend complex propositions. This is how I
explain to myself all the changes in Gnome/KDE etc. and the LWN article.
TDE is too complex, has too many options needs learning and reading ... it
can not be managed by one click only etc.
Couple of years ago we talked about a movie called Idiocracy. A friend said
it is not the future, it is the now. Sadly it is true.
This is why I think it is irrelevant what people think. It is important to
have a good and clear vision. Whoever can value TDE, will benefit from it's
stability. There are just few things that needs improvement so that it is
more contemporary (DBus integration, OAuth to name some for example)