> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Toralf Lund > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:24 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: C++ lib compatibility between Red Hat 9 and 7.3 > > Otto Haliburton wrote: > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > >>On Behalf Of Bret Hughes > >>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:49 AM > >>To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: Re: C++ lib compatibility between Red Hat 9 and 7.3 > >> > >>On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 11:32, Gordon Messmer wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Otto Haliburton wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>I don't know where you been bud. One of the complaints is that linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>is for > >> > >> > >>>>programmers and tech people and not for the masses cause you need > >>>> > >>>> > >>someone of > >> > >> > >>>>a technical frame to fix it cause it breaks everything. So grow up to > >>>>reality. Acceptance into the wide community requires that it works > >>>> > >>>> > >>out of > >> > >> > >>>>the box for everyone and you don't need a technical person to get it > >>>> > >>>> > >>to > >> > >> > >>>>work. Get your facts straight, people of a technical nature accept it > >>>> > >>>> > >>but it > >> > >> > >>>>ain't number one. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Who are these non-technical people who are concerned about mixing > >>>objects from different versions of the g++ compiler? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>LOL > >> > >>Bret > >> > >> > >> > >> > >The above attitude is the one that causes people to worry about using > linux > >period. Look at this way, you decide to drop Microsoft and go to linux, > for > >whatever reasons. You get there and decide to use version 7.3 and build > >your apps using the default compiler that comes with 7.3. You get > >everything working with some effort. Some A.H. comes along and says you > >ought to upgrade to version 9 and you do and get the default compiler > with > >that version and in order to take advantage of the new version you > rebuild > >all of your apps and they neither compile and definitely won't run. This > is > >the non-technical person that does that. He did it all the time with the > >other OS (MS), but this new and great OS doesn't allow him to do > something > >simple without causing him grief. That's the problem that RH has faced > with > >open source and it is the reason that large numbers of common users will > not > >make the switch. > > > > > I agree with much of what you say, but: > > I don't think compatibility between releases can be used as an argument > for using MS Windows instead of Linux. MS is known to be notorious when > it comes to requiring users to upgrade *everything* when a new OS > version is released (the "95" in Windows 95 was the number of existing > programs that would actually work, or the percentage that didn't, > remember...) In fact, this is why I get especially annoyed when I see > similar things on Linux; I particularily dislike it when I see something > that reminds me of some of the worst sides of Windows. > > > - Toralf > I agree, I was merely trying to point out a paying vs a free situation and that because it's free doesn't mean it gets a free ride. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
