Re: tlug: Printer Drivers: gs vs win95

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

>     Scott> 2.  Linux distributions are limited to gs 3.x, due to that
>     Scott> painfully stupid Alladin copyright that prevents us and
>     Scott> other distributors from putting newer, better versions of
>     Scott> ghostscript into linux distributions.
> 
> Have you (== PHT) requested permission from Aladdin directly and been
> turned down?  I've never asked Peter about Linux distributions

I'm not sure if our people have done that or not - last time I asked about
it, they said to stay with v3, but I'll ask again.


> But it's important to criticize Win95, too.  At least in the service
> of avoiding the same mistakes for Linux.  And vilification is
> something that any user, including newbies, can help with ;-)  Even
> after a few beers.

you know what I mean.  I'm responding to this whole thread with everyone
going off about making your OS a religion, perceived 'threats', etc... 

> 
>     Scott> That's what the nomikais are for, anyway, since you can
>     Scott> flame people and then blame it on the beer :)
> 
> Poor, poor, Scott.  What do you blame it on, then?  :-)
> 

I usually try to blame it on insulin, actually. :)

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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