But surely none of this will matter in the next few years? The Platform is the Internet.
*runs and ducks for cover* Although I got to say, with the developments at Google, Mozilla Labs, Palm and even Opera. I'm starting to think Tim Oreilly was right. Ian Forrester This e-mail is: []secret; []private; [x]public Senior Producer, BBC Backstage, BBC R&D Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [email protected] work: +44 (0)1612444063 | mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Lockwood Sent: 04 August 2009 20:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out? Right. I think that sums it up. If I tell my Mum that, she'll look at me as though I'm from Mars. To be honest, as a non-Linux user, but experienced "computer" user, I have no idea what the hell DEB or RPM are. If that's the best sell you can do, it just demonstrates that desktop Linux still isn't ready for the day to day computer user. Cheers, Rich. On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Andrew Bowden<[email protected]> wrote: > Most Linux software is now available in DEB or RPM format. There's > some smaller packages that aren't, and commercial companies have a > habit of not fitting in. But frankly most modern distros take an RPM > and DEB and know exactly what to do with it so that the user need do > little more than click on the file. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
