From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 15 5: 3:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gizmo.internode.com.au (gizmo.internode.com.au [192.83.231.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A7414E59 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 05:03:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from newton@gizmo.internode.com.au) Received: (from newton@localhost) by gizmo.internode.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA01353; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:33:19 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from newton) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:33:19 +1030 From: Mark Newton To: Thomas Runge Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? Message-ID: <19991215233319.B1263@internode.com.au> References: <3856BD33.5DE1AB48@newsguy.com> <19991215105736.A467@internode.com.au> <38576264.7D33C327@rostock.zgdv.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <38576264.7D33C327@rostock.zgdv.de> X-PGP-Key: http://www.on.net/~newton/pgpkey.txt Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 10:41:56AM +0100, Thomas Runge wrote: > This all sounds like a decision, whether we want to be a desktop > or a server-only system. I don't agree at all -- I think that's another divsion which is orthogonal to the current discussion. Why can't we be a server OS with a decent installation tool? > For mainly server-oriented, the "install source to update" or > console-based setups are quite enough, because the system will > most probably administraded by people, that know, what they are > doing. But is it reasonable to say, "You can't play at all if you don't fit that description"? (Especially since the NT server camp seems to think you can administer a system with zero knowledge of anything; The requirement that they suddenly need to become familiar with how to deal with large archives of source code isn't going to help us get a foot in those doors). - mark -- Mark Newton Email: newton@internode.com.au (W) Network Engineer Email: newton@atdot.dotat.org (H) Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 "Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message