On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 17:12 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
On 06/10/08 23:04 (GMT+0200) Anders Johansson apparently typed:
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 15:34 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
I don't see the 5(?) installation CD isos there. For many who have no DVD capability or limited space for downloading huge files, that's close to or fully useless. There's still the "open" testing (factory) issue. Until after 9.3, it wasn't exactly open, just free for ftp installers or DVD downloaders.
"I don't see any rpms for my favourite distro anywhere on ftp.gnu.org. For many who won't know how to compile software, that's close to or fully useless. For this reason, GNU/FSF does not provide open software, just free for experienced users, because they don't provide me with everything I need for my own particular needs."
Kind of a silly argument there, don't you think?
I have no idea, because I have no idea what point you're trying to make.
I should have thought that was obvious. The point is that just because the format for distribution isn't exactly suited to your personal needs, that's not a sufficient criterion for saying it isn't open Some people said it wasn't open back when there were no ISOs, that there must be ISOs for it to be a usable distro. Others started complaining when there was only ISOs. No matter what you do, someone will complain because it's not 100% to their taste It might not be suitable, perhaps not even usable, bot kindly don't say it isn't open, because it devalues the meaning of the word --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org