On 08-Jan-98 "James A. Treacy" wrote: > I think everyone agrees that there should have been a new package prepared > for bo. > So we made a mistake. I'll never understand why free software gets > held to higher standards than commercial software. If this were a > Microsoft product everyone would just shrug their shoulders and get > on with life because they know nothing will be done within a year > (if at all).
Heheh, how true. In fact, *do* hold Linux to a higher standard. Why? Because it has earned it! This is really the first time in my three years of use that Linux has really let me down when I needed it. I been on the bleeding edge before, and pulled my hair out trying to get things to work, but that's the price to pay for bleeding edge technology. OTOH, I'm not using the bleeding edge any more, as I don't have the time to fuss with it. > Everyone in Debian is a volunteer. We're working just as many hours (or > more) as you and are doing this in our free time. And still, we manage to > put out a high quality product with support that most companies can only > dream about. Indeed! This is one reason I continue to promote Linux. While I haven't used debian for very long, I have seen a very good product. There are some ideas in debian that just seem to make more sense. Indeed, again, thank you for the polite reply, written in the manner I am used to seeing from Linux developers and other venues of support. My intentions for my communications is to spur on the project, and to speed up the patch. To the group, let me say: Those of you who saw my first message as an attack or a flame, what nice little utpoia of the planet do you come from????? sheesh! If that's all it takes to ruffle your feathers, then you had better learn how to deal with it before you have to deal with giving support in a job situation. (I'm not trying to say you're jobless or don't deal with support). What I mean is, customers calling me on the phone are almost never as nice as that message. Granted, I'm not paying you for support. Why should that change your attitude? The flames that came back at me only underscore the reason MIS refuses to accept Linux. I guess you guys don't want business to start using debian, because believe me, there are people out there that can write much more scorching flames than I can. heck, I thought my message was more along the line of a gripe or whine, not a flame! -------------------------------------------------------- David Morton See my webpage for my public pgp key E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://thinker.emporia.edu/~mortonda/home.html Date: 08-Jan-98 Time: 07:21:51 CST -600 GMT -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
