Re: GLOAT BLOAT (Was: Boot messages, Ideas for v2.1)

Tracy R. Reed (treed@straylight.connectnet.com)
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 19:46:49 -0700 (PDT)


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. :)

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