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Date:      Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:57:20 -0500
From:      "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.5 ISO Not consitant. I must press the issue.
Message-ID:  <200202281756.MAA09752@alpha.vaxxine.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020228141058.93914216BC@ns1.infowest.com>
References:  <20020228141058.93914216BC@ns1.infowest.com>

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On February 28, 2002 09:10 am, you wrote:
> If you subscribe to this list you should already have seen that the issue
> of KDE and a few other popular things being left off the CD has been
> covered.  If you want to see things done better you might volunteer to help
> with the CD prep work for the next release.


Oh Master Yoda I have only recently joined the list.


>
> 2/26/2002 9:46:52 AM, "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I admit I am a newbie using FreeBSD. But I enjoy the community very much.
> >I was using the 4.4 install of FreeBSD for a while, I had a few buggy
> > things with it like the cdplayer in KDE did not work. Not a big deal
> > really but I thought practice installing from scratch is good experience.
> > I got a friend to download and burn the 4.5 iso's for me since I only
> > have a 33.6 dial up. My problem starts with no KDE internet utilities for
> > dialup on the disks. I want to install and get up and running quickly not
> > have to find and learn an new dialup tool. Man was I pissed.  All of the
> > other KDE packages were not on the cd's as well.
> >This looks very bad for FreeBSD. There is no consistency from
> >one distribution to the next.
> >All the marketers in the world know that consistency is more important to
> >brand loyalty than quality. Just look at MacDonald's. They are consistant.
> >Consistantly bad but consistant. And this is why they are still here
> > today. People know that they can go into any MD's and get the same thing
> > they got in another state or another country. That is why they go back. 
> > It is not for the quality.
> >Oh BTW the same goes for Microsoft.
> >Consistentcy not quality.
> >Just imagine if the guy at FreeBSD got hold of this little concept of
> >consistency.
> >We have the quality.
> >
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