linux-kernel - Re: kruft cutting

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Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:21:22 +0400
From:	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:	Eric Furrmann <eric.a.furmann@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kruft cutting

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Eric Furrmann <eric.a.furmann@...il.com> wrote:
> Ok, I know there will be a few old geezers who will get their panties
> in a bunch about this but hear me out..
>
> So.. i'ts established that the Desktop PC is dead
> http://gizmodo.com/5301401/so-long-desktop-pc-you-suck
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062711-desktop-doomed.html
> http://www.thestrategyweb.com/desktop-is-dead-tablets-on-the-rise
> http://lifehacker.com/5303894/is-the-desktop-pc-dead
>
> Sorry.. get over it.
>
> and Linux was never really for the Desktop anyway
> http://www.muktware.com/news/2862/linus-torvalds-why-linux-not-successful-desktops
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18419231
>
> So why are we still supporting keyboards?  I mean really, when was the
> last time anybody here actually used a keyboard?  How many of us even
> still have them?  OK.. I have a couple but I hollowed them out and
> made planters out of them days ago. I mean... keyboards are like so
> last week!
>
> So....  That said.  Let's ditch that obsolete input device support!
> Full screen filling, extra sensitive, just a little off alignment
> on-screen T-9.. now that is where it is at baby!

Suggesting to drop things becomes a trend...
BTW, do you know William Brana?

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max
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