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Re: [tlug] !!!OT!!! raw cd copy



Ummm.... *plonk*

--Matt
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 03:45:23PM +0900, Dan Myers wrote:
> Matt:
> 
> Got it. You grew up with DOS, so the transition from it to Linux or vise versus isn't a
> problem for you. Tell me do you have any computers with GUIs? You would always rather
> type in long strings with pipes instead of clicking to speed things up? I guess that is
> just my business mind hard at work, trying to make things ever efficient.  ;)
> 
> Dan
> 
> Matt Doughty wrote:
> 
> > Your missing the point. We don't think it is unfriendly. If the developers
> > are happy with the product, and they do the development for free why do you
> > think they are going to spend time developing the features you want. The
> > beauty of open source is you can add the features you want, but the onus is
> > on you. The community does what they want, and considering they do it in
> > their own time that is how it should be.
> >
> > --Matt
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 09:35:29AM +0900, Dan Myers wrote:
> > > I propose that they make a more user friendly Linux and keep the Solaris and other
> > > Unix (non-user friendly) OS for business purposes. That way you can hit both
> > > markets (general consumers and businesses).
> > >
> > > Dan
> >
> > --
> > "Take away them collisions and the common channel and it's like Christianity
> >  without Christ." -Jim Breen (speaking about "full-duplex" Ethernet)

-- 
"Take away them collisions and the common channel and it's like Christianity 
 without Christ." -Jim Breen (speaking about "full-duplex" Ethernet)


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