Even the config files scream fanboyism

[JackyBox]

<small, not-entirely-serious rant>

GDM, for those who don't know, is the GNOME Display Manager, the graphical login program which gives you a nice GUI where you supply your username and password before getting into your desktop.

I was reading the config file for it, located at /etc/gdm/gdm.conf, and I noticed to my HORROR!!! (well not really, but I like being dramatic) that in the comments, Windows is in every single case deliberately spelt as *******. The file is littered with these "mispellings".

If Ubuntu is going to play with the big-boys, the least it could do is have config files that show a little professionalism. I think the time for Windows/Micro$oft jokes has past - we need to present a quality image if we want to be taken seriously. Of course, 99.9% of people probably wouldn't even know about this to begin with. But it's the ATTITUDE I'm talking about. Just a though.

</small, not-entirely-serious rant>

I'm going to get a drink.

[lukjad]

No, really? Awww c'mon! Don't those guys have more time to come up with better puns?

[JackyBox]

I dunno, the GDM is pretty old, maybe they were from the older-generation of MS bashers.

[lukjad]

Maybe... Still. I mean, really.

[smartboyathome]

GDM is in teh right! Windo$e sux, yo! M$ is gonna take over teh world, kill teh babies, and then unleash Billy Gates on u![/sarcasm]

I think that those deliberate misspellings are immature.

[mr.propre]

Meh

[eternalnewbee]

I'm going to get a drink.

No, really? Awww c'mon! Don't those guys have more time to come up with better puns?

[picpak]

GDM code comments are pretty sloppy. If I remember correctly, I found a swear in them once. It's unprofessional IMO.

[lukjad]

Well, you should cut their salary.

[Barrucadu]

It's unprofessional IMO.

If 'professional' means devoid of humour or opinions other than those of the management, then yes, that is true. Does it need to be professional?