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Re: /opt/ again (was Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: ...])



Wednesday, September 15, 1999, 6:03:47 AM, Marek wrote:
> * Steve Lamb said:
>> Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 3:53:40 PM, Raul wrote:
>> > Actually, the biggest problem with Windows is that it's not a standard.
>> 
>>     But it is.
> Oh? Show me an RFC or anything of the kind that makes WIndows standard? The
> fact that it is installed on almost every OEM equipment doesn't make it a
> STANDARD. Standard is everybody else in the industry follows or implements.
> It is not the case with Windows.

    Nor is it the case with /opt.
 
>> > DOS was, and the MS Office is to some degree, but Windows hasn't been
>> > very standard.
> That's right. WIndows is actually in a permament state of flux. How can it
> make a standard this way?

    Watch the attributions, I did not say that.

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