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This week at work, we have all been migrated to a new mail setup, which means in particular that Linux users (i.e. most of the people in this room) have to read their mail using Ximian's ‘Evolution’ client.

It occurred to us this morning to wonder why there isn't a rival mail client, called ‘Creation’. Notable features would be:

There is no version number, because there is no process of incremental improvement. Creation was in its final form at the moment of initial release.
If you think you've noticed any bugs or flaws in the design, you just don't understand it well enough. Every aspect of the program is in accordance with a higher purpose.
If anything really bad happens, such as Creation losing all your mail, it's because YOU DESERVED IT!
There is no acknowledgment when you ask Creation to perform an action. Users are expected to have faith.
It is of course hoped that Creation will become the default mail client for Jesux[1].

Come to think of it, actually, I'm quite surprised that googling for ‘Creation MUA’ hasn't already turned such a thing up :-)

[1] http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/

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It's surprising that KDE doesn't have a similar application called Kreation.

It's one of those websites, isn't it? It looks like a hoax, but I can also believe that there are people out there who would write that sort of lunacy perfectlyi seriously. I mean, basing your distribution on Redhat?

That's what I was thinking. I'm pretty certain it's a hoax though ... some bits seem too much played for laughs.

See the link (http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/jesux.html) at the top of that page.

I mean: "Jesux will aim to be an environment that is pleasant for Christians to work in [...] Login screen has full text to Lord's Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, with Christian and American symbols." A true Christian ought to have reservations about that!

And: "if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (Phillipians 4:8) As such, this site is conformant to HTML 4.0 strict and CSS1." Well it might have been, except it's on Geocities which trashes it totally.

Much like Lesbian GNU/Linux (http://www.lesbian.mine.nu/), complete with porn-get...

If you think you've noticed any bugs or flaws in the design, you just don't understand it well enough. Every aspect of the program is in accordance with a higher purpose.

That just describes DJBware, doesn't it?

Of course, they'd want to move Linux from a monolithic to a microkernel design, but it would have only three components.

Components called kernel (http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/lab/labsrc_area/minix/src/kernel/), fs (http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/lab/labsrc_area/minix/src/fs/), and mm (http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/lab/labsrc_area/minix/src/mm/), presumably?