Re: Release plans

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> IMO, the free software distribution model offers very little to those
>> people in the way of hope that their needs will be met.  Jury's still
>> out, but I don't know any office-type users who prefer a working Ubuntu
>> to a working Windows.  Windows has more of the apps they want.  Some
>> still choose the reliability etc of a GNU/Linux distro, but they're
>> painfully aware of being behind the curve in most application areas.
> 
> Yes.  Sadly.  At the moment.

My impression is also that a consistent user interface matters a lot
because it makes it much easier to learn a new application.