Re: Non-Free Software
On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, King Lee wrote:
> I want Linux to become a viable alternative to Microsoft, not
> because I hate Microsoft, but because Linux is better in many
> circumstances. I would like corporate information technology
> managers to use Linux for mail servers, print servers, and
> whatever else Linux is better at. The problem is that managers
> are unfamilar with Linux. They may be willing to
> run dselect, but one cannot expect them to search the net
> for a package, download it, and run "dpkg -i file".
dselect will do this also (ftp method). deity/apt (or whatever is the
name du jour) will do it more slickly.
Remember that there are packages in non-free having licenses which do
not permit inclusion in the CD-ROM.
Bob
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