Mike Marion wrote:
Quoting Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Not one to defend MS but: Think again. How long does Gentoo take to
compile the whole distro from the ground up?
Yeah, to be close to an apples to apples comparison.. you'd need to add
up compiles for:
<lots of stuff snipped>
As well as all of the variants that Microsoft ships. And total in SMP
versions. And ...
And don't forget Windows Media Player.
Have you ever watched Amarok build from scratch? Yeowch. The
dependency chain is *gigantic*. That one application alone takes
several hours to compile.
-a
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