Re: Why "free" shouldn't have to mean "complicated"
On 05 May 2003 01:24:18 +0200, Benoit Peccatte <benoit.peccatte@enst-bretagne.fr> said:
> After such an answer I thing Felix will never come back and try free
> software.
Good. It seems to me that free software, as embodied by
Debian, was not a good fit for felix. He would be far better off with
a Mac.
Remember, one size does _not_ fit all, and free software is
not for everyone.
> Is debian (and other projects) becoming like the
> octopus-like administration ? "Got a problem, fill the yellow
> report", "To fill this report you need to fill the 1456B first" ...
Rubbish. We are not asking for bureaucrac, we are merely
trying to paint a realistic expectation of where Debian is, and where
it is heading.
> I think this is the last reason why the desktop-winwows-try-crash-
> reboot-retry people won't want to install linux.
And that is probably a wise decison on their part.
manoj
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