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From: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>
To: Gigi Duru <giduru@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux?
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:44:39 -0400
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On Monday 07 October 2002 05:56 pm, Gigi Duru wrote:
> --- Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org> wrote:
> > 8000 controls you have to individually tweak to do
> > anything is not
> > necessarily an improvement over a single "do what I
> > want" button.  (User
> > Interface Design 101.)
> >
> > The doorknob is a wonderful user interface...
>
> try driving your car using a doorknob ;)

The steering wheel is fundamentally different?  (It's certainly BIGGER...)

Rob
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