Re: mass email distribution software

2002-01-28 Thread Lang Hurst
This is getting even further off topic, but the first person who figures out how to make micro payments with regard to the web will make a killing. There are a lot of newsletters, donations, etc. that I would be more than willing to pay $0.25 or more to on a regular basis, but there is no way,

Re: unstable is "unstable"; stable is "outdated"

2002-02-01 Thread Lang Hurst
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/1/02 at 4:25 PM Tim Quinlan wrote: >> kernel, etc... and as we all know, jumping from "stable" to "unstable" >is >> problem-prone and doesn't worth flawlessly every time. > >Why jump all the way to unstable, why not use testing? Testing is >usuall

Re: unstable is "unstable"; stable is "outdated"

2002-02-01 Thread Lang Hurst
I thinking the problem here, as I mentioned before, is one of semantics as opposed to a real problem. Options are: 1) "unstable" pros: Very up to date, cons: Occasion big bug that can do damage user: Someone who knows there way around Linux pretty well and likes to say

Re: unstable is "unstable"; stable is "outdated"

2002-02-01 Thread Lang Hurst
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/1/02 at 4:25 PM Tim Quinlan wrote: >> kernel, etc... and as we all know, jumping from "stable" to "unstable" >is >> problem-prone and doesn't worth flawlessly every time. > >Why jump all the way to unstable, why not use testing? Testing is >usually

Re: unstable is "unstable"; stable is "outdated"

2002-02-01 Thread Lang Hurst
I thinking the problem here, as I mentioned before, is one of semantics as opposed to a real problem. Options are: 1) "unstable" pros: Very up to date, cons: Occasion big bug that can do damage user: Someone who knows there way around Linux pretty well and likes to say,