None of which really addresses the original topic, which was the degree to which people get defensive about their preferred UI's. Except perhaps to illustrate the point.
I think it illustrates the counterpoint, that people can differ and yet remain amicable. When I see you go off on Windows or OS X or GUI versus command line interfaces, I just see you and I differ.
"In an old and perhaps forgotten tradition of a place elsewhere, Draco settles himself next to the bar and offers Mandelbear a drink."
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Date: 2006-09-14 09:28 pm (UTC)I think it illustrates the counterpoint, that people can differ and yet remain amicable. When I see you go off on Windows or OS X or GUI versus command line interfaces, I just see you and I differ.
"In an old and perhaps forgotten tradition of a place elsewhere, Draco settles himself next to the bar and offers Mandelbear a drink."