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To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, laurent.vivier@bull.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>   
>> I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like 
>> a "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside.
>>     
>
> I consider this a super downside.
>
> "If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it [your 
> software]."
>   

I don't consider myself an idiot, yet I get annoyed when software forces 
me to learn its implementation details.


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