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Re: what is CDE good for?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Sangrey)
Sun Oct 27 18:39:07 1996
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 18:37:28 -0500
From: Mike Sangrey <mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us>
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> What would I actually need CDE for? Is there anything useful
> included in the package from Xinside that I can't get by other means?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Morten
I think you won't _directly_ derive any benefit. However, note that the 'C' stands for "Common". That's were the advantage is. It is a sufficiently powerful GUI to give us all the functionality we require to work and play; and yet it is sufficiently the same to give vendors a platform on which to develop market share and display their wares in a consistent fashion.
To use the much worn out analogy -- an automobile -- some of us would like our steering wheels in...ummmmmm...unique places. But, having them in the same place is arguably beneficial. On the other hand, none of us want to get stuck with a hard plastic, one size fits all, steering wheel. I might like an 11 inch fine mahogany wheel; you might like a sporty black foam on highly polished stainless steel.
The bottom line question is one of "where, in a given market segment, do we standardize and where do we promote innovation?" The compass needle is constantly trying to find that pole. The market doesn't always find true north.
"A rising tide lifts all ships." John Kennedy, I believe.
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