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. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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