11 Apr
2007
11 Apr
'07
11:49 p.m.
On Apr 11, 2007, at 8:21 PM, der Mouse wrote:
This is an easy problem to solve.
Resist the temptation to bundle
non-OS software with the OS.
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.
> 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? For exmaple, I consider a C compiler part of the OS.
Others will
doubtless disagree. Some would consider perl part of the OS; I don't.
Incidentally, I would agree on both counts.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL