Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:23:58 +0300 | From | Lauri Tischler <> | Subject | Re: GLOAT BLOAT (Was: Boot messages, Ideas for v2.1) |
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Tracy R. Reed wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Lauri Tischler wrote: > > > Anno Domini 20 Jun 96 at 0:39, Tracy R. Reed wrote: > > > > > Hey, that's a neato idea. Linux is not commercial and nobody stands to > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > make any money off of it in most cases, but it should make an effort to be > > > > No, but it tries very hard to get to be commerical quality, what ever > > that is. IMHO the 'outlook' should be 'serious' without any > > 'prankish' stuff. > > You know how many little animations win95 has in it while you are > installing and booting it? I remember seeing everything from a little drum > playing during install to the little bouncy "Click here to start" line at > the bottom of the screen. I'd hardly call it prankish. :)
I would call it windowdressing, an attemp to cover cr*p with _cute_ stuff :)
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