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Backwards compatibility over features

Backwards compatibility over features

Posted Nov 23, 2012 17:08 UTC (Fri) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106)
In reply to: Backwards compatibility over features by man_ls
Parent article: GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

The other difference is that Linux is perceived as riskier. To succeed there must not be cases like this where people's suspicious appear to be confirmed; on compatibility the Linux desktop needs to set a *higher* standard than its proprietary counterparts, not a lower or even an equal one.


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