> There's not really a solution to that, ever, for an OS distributed on the
> Internet. MS distributes boot floppies with their non-upgrade OS products
> for the same reason.
>
> Well, there is one solution.. just convince the BIOS manufacturers to include
> PPP code in the BIOS which can dialup a
> On Aug 21, Paul Wade wrote
> > Does Microsoft contribute to my personal autonomy? If so, I prefer
> > anarchy. Linux is revolutionary in nature. What if Linus had decided
> > instead to develop something that required Windows or SCO Unix? I notice
> > that the people behind Debian like to avoid d
On Aug 21, Paul Wade wrote
>
> Long live anarchy! Long live the Revolution and the Counter-Revolution!
> Long live the Dedicated Diehard Debianist!
>
> I will be running a special on 1.3.whatever_it_really_is binary CD's
> starting this weekend and continuing for at least one month. Longer if
> t
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:34:41 +0200 (MET DST), E.L. Meijer \(Eric\) wrote:
>>
>> This is why there have ben how many changes to 1.3.1, and it's still called
1.3.1?
>
>That is an error you can criticize. It was not done on purpose, and
>therefore you cannot claim it is a severe flaw in the policy.
Bruce writes:
> Have you tried dselect's FTP method yet? It does that update
> automaticaly. That's why I said it's easy.
>From the dslect "help" screen:
> ftp - Install using ftp.
> Installation using ftp, you must know a ftp site and the correct
> directory for a debian distribution.
But wha
Hi,
>>"Dave" == Dave Cinege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dave> Bull. It puts other at odds with the 'officials' in the
Dave> project. There is no reason someone couldn't have come up with
Dave> this 'stable' release CD on their own. There is no reseason
Dave> Bruce could not have done it, and offer
>
> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:14:05 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Mike Schmitz wrote:
> >
> >Oh, horsehockey. Bandwidth does not grow on trees. Neither do systems.
> >It is impossible to plant a seed and grow a system, it takes money. If
> >you can show that you are
On Aug 21, George Bonser wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Mike Schmitz wrote:
>
> > myself in alignment with David Cinege and Paul Wade. I do not think that
> > _any_ decision should be made on business, marketing, or political reasons,
> > Whatever the cost, ONLY quality of the code and distributio
Dave Cinege:
> You just don't get it. Debian is not supposed to be a company!!!
> Debian is supposed to be the efforts of it's developers! When
> you say Debian Inc should do xx, you're not saying the devs
> should do it but the few (one?) guys directly in charge of Debian
> Inc.
This is the
Dave Cinege:
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:13:22 +0200 (MET DST), E.L. Meijer \(Eric\) wrote:
>
> >Dave Cinege:
> >> A donation to 'debian' meant supporting the deveopers directly in some
> >> way,
> >> offering bandwidth, and contributing to the project. There were no direct
> >> bills to
> pay
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:13:22 +0200 (MET DST), E.L. Meijer \(Eric\) wrote:
>Dave Cinege:
>> A donation to 'debian' meant supporting the deveopers directly in some way,
>> offering bandwidth, and contributing to the project. There were no direct
>> bills to
pay.
>> The project could never fold un
Dave Cinege:
> A donation to 'debian' meant supporting the deveopers directly in some way,
> offering bandwidth, and contributing to the project. There were no direct
> bills to pay.
> The project could never fold unless the developers decided to just walk away.
>
> Then Debian suddenly had to g
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:14:05 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Mike Schmitz wrote:
>
>> myself in alignment with David Cinege and Paul Wade. I do not think that
>> _any_ decision should be made on business, marketing, or political reasons,
>> Whatever the cost, ONLY quality
Bruce writes:
> The FTP update is easy.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I just took a look at the ftp site. Can't say I agree with you (though it
> is better).
Have you tried dselect's FTP method yet? It does that update automaticaly.
That's why I said it's easy.
Bruce
--
Can you get your op
On Aug 21, Paul Wade wrote
>
> Long live anarchy! Long live the Revolution and the Counter-Revolution!
> Long live the Dedicated Diehard Debianist!
>
> I will be running a special on 1.3.whatever_it_really_is binary CD's
> starting this weekend and continuing for at least one month. Longer if
> t
Bruce writes:
> The FTP update is easy.
I just took a look at the ftp site. Can't say I agree with you (though it
is better).
--
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Dancing Horse Hill Make money fro
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Paul Serice wrote:
> > Does Microsoft contribute to my personal autonomy? If so, I prefer
> > anarchy.
>
>
> Perhaps Microsoft does. Perhaps it doesn't. But, I'm almost certain
> "Greenbush Technologies Corporation" does. ;-)
> ^^^
There
> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Paul Serice wrote:
>
> > Now for your anarchist side, when governments become overbearing they
> > tend to nationalize -- meaning they take property away from
> > corporations (and other private organizations or individuals) for the
> > supposed general welfare. So, it is no
From: Paul Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I will be running a special on 1.3.whatever_it_really_is binary CD's
> starting this weekend and continuing for at least one month. Longer if
> that's what it takes to clean this up. I will make it cheaper to get a
> 1.3.really_current binary CD than the 1.3.1
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