From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37350138F88 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:46:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 264F2E0C73; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:45:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04AB3E0BC9 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:45:45 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,562,1389744000"; d="scan'208";a="57740827" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.89]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 28 Feb 2014 13:45:44 +0000 Received: from [192.168.11.101] (unknown [192.168.11.101]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1562612695 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:42:11 +0000 (GMT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <53104362.9090200@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:45:12 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1B298560-AD46-4994-B072-7B9E6ABF5A65@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <52FF84CE.2050301@libertytrek.org> <5301B3E1.3000007@yandex.ru> <201402231335.31992.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <530A7700.4030809@gmail.com> <20140226202917.GA32175@waltdnes.org> <6ADAFF4B-A580-45C1-9FF9-31FF485BE89E@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <53104362.9090200@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) X-Archives-Salt: e5f4fe4d-c91e-4e26-b8f2-2112b09b0a70 X-Archives-Hash: df4e5ad2acd364ea983fc6e0881d3dc0 On Fri, 28 February 2014, at 8:05 am, Samuli Suominen = wrote: >>> =85=20 >>> * Netscape (under AOL) aimed at becoming a pseudo-OS on top of = Windows. >>> We know how that turned out. >> You appear to be underestimating it - whilst the AOL suite was hated = by many of those "forced to use it" (I guess in the late 90's or early = 00's), it is / was so massively popular with grannies that it is still = available today.=20 >>=20 >> ... >> AOL's desktop suite has certainly not been a failure for the company. >=20 > This must be a US -only thing since I've never even heard of AOL > desktop/suite before, even while lived through the 90's and the = bulletin > board times (as being a SysOp myself ;-) I'm in the UK, myself. The AOL software is browser, email, IM and ads, all wrapped up in a = single Windows application.=20 http://i.imgur.com/bUin2ki.png I doubt there's anyone on this list who wouldn't find it obnoxious, but = there are people who are really happy with it. Stroller. =20=