> I'd be more than willing to test out a XP native > version at the NT4 one > was unstable on XP sometimes causing restarts Hey that is great! :)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Lothian Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Software submission for the Mandrake distribution I'd be more than willing to test out a XP native version at the NT4 one was unstable on XP sometimes causeing restarts Manoj Joseph wrote: >>That said, IMO it should only be included if it also supports (at least) >>win2k and XP, >> >> >Can do. Will do *if* there is _a chance_ of making it to the distro. >Volunteers for trying it out (beta testing) will help *a lot*. > > > >>..and the author should make installation a breeze >>(preferably with a button in autostart program). >> >> >The installation, IMHO is a breeze for NT (right now). > > > >>... And if it is 99.99% sure >>that this driver will not suddenly screw all my data. >> >> >That is where beta testing comes in... :) >I can't give a 99.99% guarantee if I do it all by myself. :) > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 3:21 AM >To: Frederic Crozat >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Cooker] Software submission for the Mandrake distribution > > >On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Frederic Crozat wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:18:25 +0530, Manoj Joseph wrote: >> >> >>>The software is an ext2 file system driver for Windows NT 4.0. >>>URL : http://winext2fsd.sourceforge.net >>> >>> >>We are doing a linux distribution.. You should ask Microsoft to ship this >>driver, not us.. >> >> >> >Oh come on. There are other windoze programs on the disks as well. >If suddenly a new fs for cdroms is developed, will mdk ship isos with an >fs unreadable for windows? Lets make the README on the disk also in >koffice format, we are only developing for linux anyway, right? >Let's ask MS to ship rawwrite as well. > >This is about interoperability, and let's not make the same mistake as MS >does (we are developing a proprietary office suite, why would we ship >import filters for OO.org anyway?). I do not think "we are doing a linux >distro" is a valid reason not to include it. It would look good in a press >release (like ntfs resizing did) and it is a nice feature for people who >dual-boot. > >That said, IMO it should only be included if it also supports (at least) >win2k and XP, and the author should make installation a breeze >(preferably with a button in autostart program). And if it is 99.99% sure >that this driver will not suddenly screw all my data. > >d. > > > > > >
