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Re: Debian code size



On Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:05:01 +0000, Edward Betts wrote:

>suggest the average linux distribution includes 10 million lines of code,
>so for slink they were almost out by an order of magnitude.

    Incorrect.  The Microsoft memo only counts the kernel, X and a few other
common applications.  This is counting, wekk, in theory, *all* lines of code
in *all* packages.

    Do you really think the average install of Linux uses all the packages?

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