Federico Silva wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: mi�rcoles 5 de julio de 2000 12:52
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Star Office 5.2
>
> On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > The one thing about Windows that I liked more than in Linux was
> > installing programs. If you are honest most will admit that installing
> > programs in Linux can be both fustrating and exasperating.
> > Well someone has at last shown a light at the end of the tunnel.
> > Sun has released Star Office 5.2. I download it for both Windows and
> for
> > Linux. Yesterday I installed in Win2000 and today I decided to try the
> > install in Linux, hoping that it would not require to much hair pulling.
> > Do you know what I had to do to get Star Office to install in Linux? I
> > had to click on the file. It actually had it's own installation program
> and
> > installed itself. The GUI was even the same as that used in the Win
> > installation. I was shocked. Happy but shocked. I had never before seen a
> > Linux program do this.
> > My one hope now is that more companies and developers will follow Sun's
> > example and treat Linux users with the same degree of concern and support
> as
> > they show Window users.
> > If you want to try it the URL is www.sun.com/staroffice
> > The Linux download is 93MB and you need to run the installation program as
> > user not as root.
> >
> > Charles :-)
>
> > I don't agree Charles. What's wrong with rpm? Easy to install
> >and uninstall. If all the various software vendors and developers
> >began devising their own 'automatic' installs, I suspect utter
> >chaos, and a lot of broken distros would shortly be the result.>
> >
> >--
> >~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I totally agree with Tom.
> Even Microsoft agrees, as the new Windows installer features .msi files that
>
> behaves in a *simpler* way as rpm does. Of course it opens it dialogs and
> all
> but I think that should be left to the first time you run the program.
>
> Unified installation keeps track of system wide program dependency.
>
> My .002 cents.
>
> -f.
I totally agree with Tom too !
Eric
