On 22 May 2013 23:22, BWS Johnson <abesottedphoe...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Salvete! > > I think it's a bit silly for developers to think that someone at a > library with extremely limited resources will end up spending a tonne of time > learning command line Debian linux to install from packages. I'm very > grateful to Robin for putting together the packages, since things are > basically a single line now *if* (and it's a huge if) people can get Debian > to cooperate with them prior to that joyous apt-get. > I think it's even sillier for folks to jump on Vimal for crafting a very > widely used tool that is incredibly appreciated and is a great contribution. > My hat's off to him. > I often point out that usually there's a linux users' group of some > variety someplace near you, but this isn't always the case, and they don't > always want to help. > Sometimes this is people's ONLY option. If the line really is using this > or sticking with your card catalogue/excel spreadsheet, do we really want to > encourage that? > Incredibly negative responses on the list end up feeding crummy articles > like this one: > > http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381 > > Thankfully, we are not sexist as a community, but I don't want to trade > that for trolly. > > Just sayin' > Brooke
My email has offended people. I withdraw it and apologise unreservedly. I will offer no more opinions on the Live DVD/CD Chris _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
