> another way to look at the problem is that reworking N software packages > for X OS "flavours" is at _least_ X times more work than getting N software > packages to work on 1 OS "flavour" (even if that flavour is simply an OS > strategy standard, and not a single OS). in practice, it's much more than a > factor or X due to general inneficiences that occur.
And again, if Gentoo was the only OS that people supported, this problem would disappear. Same with Windows, Same with RedHat, OSX, PalmOS etc. That's obviously stupid. The application SHOULD offer some flexibility, and if it doesn't, the OS shouldn't be blamed. Otherwise, there is no flaw in the argument that Linux is flawed because it doesn't allow me to install MS Office XP. Which perhaps more clearly shows that the problem is with the application's flexibilty in terms of where/how it is used/installed, rather than a problem with the OS itself. > given that we are dealing with limited resources (# of people * time in a > day), that sort of optimization should be desireable. Ironic. Optimization is usually one of Gentoo's selling points. Kev. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
