Quote Originally Posted by sdsdv10 View Post
Once again, I have to thank you for a very insightful post. I looked around this and other forums and haven't really read anyone else posting these views.


Ah yes user's needs.... unfortunately, all too often what users want is not what they need...
Fortunately the user group being discussed is not Joe Bob, the special ed kid. It is Operating system engineers, techs and overclockers. So we can skip much of the usual user interface crap and assume only competent people who can figure out CLI, TUI, and GUIs without instruction.

If we are to break those groups down farther we get:

1) people who prefer it if everyone did the work for them. Aka the Open Firmware people. [Auto overclock buttons, full system drivers, and anything that removes thinking]

2) People who prefer to understand and control their system. Aka coreboot people [lean boot, everything configurable, and anything that lets the user control the system]

3) People who like being treated like and like not being able to fix any of their problems Aka UEFI people [No source code, no real control, and no ability to change it]


Now, I personally like category 2 and I understand category 1 but I have no idea what would possess someone to like category 3.