Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 22:04:27 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GUI debate Message-ID: <19970903220427.23767@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970903080757.6746E-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>; from John Fieber on Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 08:15:14AM -0500 References: <199709030739.AAA00286@rah.star-gate.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970903080757.6746E-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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John Fieber shared with us: > On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > Sure my "floppy" holds about 600mb -- fill that up 8) > > > > In other words, is nice to have a unified install program however > > given that we now have bootable CDROMS I don't see why everyone should > > be subjected to the least common denominator. > > I think the word "common" is the key point here. It is fine to > have a glitzy solution for the minority with bootable CDROMs, but > if development of the single floppy install suffers as a result, > far more users will be lost that gained. The two - text install and graphical install - aren't mutually exclusive. If I may draw our friends from Redmond, WA into the picture again, they start with a text install (on three floppies) and only after that start with the CD-ROM and the graphics. (That's when you have to fill in how many licenses you have bought :( ). - Peter
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