12 Apr
2007
12 Apr
'07
6:26 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
That doesn't really solve anything; all it does is shift the debates to
the question of what counts as part of the OS.
True I suppose...but it would get us partway there, as, for example, I
don't think anyone (with the possible exception of Sun Microsystems)
would suggest that Postgres is a part of the OS.
For the rest...*Someone* has to make the ruling, preferably leaning to
the "not part of the OS" side more often than not, and the people who
want everything handed to them on a platter will just need to bite the
bullet and learn how to type "./configure;make;make install"...or go run
another OS.
It still gets a bit fuzzy with things like RAIDframe.
Peace... Sridhar
>>
ClassicBSD would need to be about 'have to have' functionality,
>> not 'nice to have' functionality.
The problem, of course, is, whose idea of "have to have" controls?
This
is an easy problem to solve. Resist the temptation to bundle
non-OS software with the OS.