Re: Philosophical question

1997-12-05 Thread tko
Larry G. Gariepy Jr. writes: > > Hi all, > I guess this doesn't pertain specifically to Debian, but I have a > philosophical question about software upgrades, and I just thought I would > take My two cents worth. Like yourself, I don't like "rocking the boat" either. My upgrade philosophy is

Re: Philosophical question

1997-12-05 Thread Wintermute
Larry G. Gariepy Jr. wrote: > > Hi all, > I guess this doesn't pertain specifically to Debian, but I have a > philosophical question about software upgrades, and I just thought I would > take > a poll to see what Joe Debian User (or Jane Debian-User) thinks... > > So I bought a new machi

Re: Philosophical question

1997-12-04 Thread dpk
The question below and recent email about commercializing Debian inspired me to add ammo for some, maybe information for others. If 'commercializing' is a bad word, just view it as 'clearing up some common misconceptions about linux, Debian specifically,' but anyway: I think Debian should highli

Re: Philosophical question

1997-12-04 Thread Steve Witt
On 4 Dec 1997, Larry G. Gariepy Jr. wrote: > I hope I don't sound heretical: I imagine that a lot of people like Linux for > the fact that there is something new to try every week or two. :) (or more > often?) But practically, how often do people think it is worth the trouble to > upgrade major