Hi All,

Since programming is done by people, who often have a motive behind
their actions, the question as to why this is happening is not
technical, but sociological. The new 'winds of change' that are
affecting free unix like OSs like Linux, are powered by a deep belief
that users are often unwilling to make the least of efforts to
understand what goes inside their computers. Furthermore, 'modern'
computer users are those who use a computer for surfing the net, write
emails, watch youtube, listen to music, and maybe, to sometimes use a
wordprocessor to write a short document. The technical weirdo is left
for 'gurus' who are often seen as people without a social life and
sometimes even who have difficulty socialising.

What I am noticing on this mailing list, is that discussions that
often are related to sociological situations are often seen as purely
technical.

Follow the money to understand why all this is happening. More users
mean more customers, more customers mean more support, and finally
more support means more gain.

I firmly belief that those who are implementing these changes
understand the shortcomings of their new solutions, but they are paid
to implement them, and pay is much more important than all
philosophical and technical reasons put together. After all, it is
money that counts.


Edwad