>> Hello to the list >> >> I must stand by the Pine package maintainer on this issue. The >> maintainer should not be expected to put himself in a bad legal position >> for anyone just so they can have a convenient installation package. >> >> Not being a package maintainer, I have not read the Policy manual in >> detail but it upholds a legal and moral standard that is lacking in most >> commercial companies today. I would also like to see the Debian >> distribution install almost hands off like other lesser systems, but I >> would rather see the organization maintain the high standards that >> caused me to select Debian Linux over other Linux >> distributions/operating systems. >> >> Debian will never be for the plug and pray crowd since there is no >> support hot line for them to call on when things don't work. That is >> what keeps the badly flawed commercial PC operating system in demand.
MEEP! I just saw an artricle about Linux in a Finnish computer news paper (a monthly magazine called MicroPc) that stated more than clearly that you can not buy support for Linux. I am more than willing to prove this false... Anybody around here, I'm going to put a page up about people / companies doing support etc works around L. Also a nice little letter to the makers of that artcile is onways. You can pay yourself sick if you want to. With Linux you can stay working, >> The maintainers should be highly praised for providing us with the high >> quality operating system and selection of applications that we can enjoy >> using at no more cost than learning something about them so we can >> install the software. Without them and their volunteer efforts we would >> be rebooting quite often like all the other PC users out there. I have >> found the effort of getting my Debian system working proper has been >> less than just getting the popular one to stay up for a short time. I haven't rebooted my 'puter in laast 6 months exept kernel-updates. I could even kiss one of them for the stuff they've provided us wit., -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
