On Tuesday 18 September 2007 20:42, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > > I wouldn't get too excited. They claim to support SLED and Red Hat, but > > their download isn't even available in RPM format. > > > > Looks like typical IBM cluelessness. > > Actually, they are not The losers who decided to go RPM with OOo are. > > Sorry, that's my opinion now, was when the switch was made and will be till > its changed back.
Your rudeness not withstanding, when IBM claims to support distros like Red Hat and Suse, they need to supply their software in the ways that users of these distros expect to install them. That means if they're serious about wanting people to use Symphony they'd supply the download in all popular formats, and especially in formats they claim to support. IBM has never been particularly clueful. They certainly weren't in the way they treated their OS/2 users and software developers. > The good news about Symphony is that its installed via a bin file > executable which actually runs a distro neutral installer. It worked well > on my Kubuntu Laptop!! > > Unlike OOo which I can't download from the OOo web site because somebody > thought RPM is the ONLY package management system, and all the others could > just use alien anyway. What are you talking about? OO's website will let you download it in rpm AND debian formats as well as half a dozen other operating systems. (http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.0/index.html) > Maybe you can tell I liked the installer setup better than favoring a > package manager system? Maybe, but you missed the point entirely. People using SLED aren't going to seek out bin installers. IBM should know it. -- Bob Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
