From: Leon Brocard Date: 17:34 on 19 Jul 2004 Subject: My files! I hate software lock-in. So I have a computer. This computer has my files on. I'm happy with my files for they are on a file system where multiple programs can act upon them. That way if I change a file, say, or delete it, then it's deleted. That's it. VOOM. etc. So I try Eclipse [which is an IDE apparently], and lo and behold it "import files" somewhere else and wants to be the only program in charge of holding a copy of them somewhere. Why oh why? I mean, I know some iApps do this but this is a source file which I might want to edit / move / run in something other than Eclipse dammit. They're my files. Don't steal them! Leon
From: Simon Wistow Date: 17:44 on 19 Jul 2004 Subject: Re: My files! > So I try Eclipse [which is an IDE apparently] Funnily enough the people next to me are currently struggling with Eclipse. One of the created a project in Version 3 and the other is suign verion 2.x. Guess what doesn't work together.
From: David Champion Date: 19:26 on 19 Jul 2004 Subject: Re: My files! * On 2004.07.19, in <20040719163425.GA19046@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx>, * "Leon Brocard" <acme@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > So I try Eclipse [which is an IDE apparently], and lo and behold it > "import files" somewhere else and wants to be the only program in > charge of holding a copy of them somewhere. Why oh why? I mean, I know This is what the World Wide Waste has taught us: it's okay to build a one-stop shop for everything you think the user wants to do. It's okay to assume that your program is all the user will ever want or need, because for at least one user, it is. I blame users. The software is just being economical. Ideologically, the WWW couldn't have happened at a better time than at the critical mass of the superconglomeration of industry and retail. The only surprise is that Microsoft doesn't have a controlling share of Wal-Mart. Software designers, stop building IKEA.
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