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Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > First, I would like to clarify that I personally like sysinstall just
> > the way it is. But from most accounts, it's alienating to people coming
> > from a Windows or Linux background.
> > [recap of discussion from 1993 elided]
> 
> I'm not just being snide here, we really have had this very same
> discussion (and in almost the same words) on and off for the last 7
> years now.  It's hardly rocket science to envision an installer which
> has one big button on it which even your grandmother could push, the
> question always boiling down to "Who the heck is going to write this
> thing then?"
> 
> That's generally where the discussion stops.  Every man and his dog
> can describe an installer which follows in the footsteps of Windows,
> Solaris or even OS X now that we have its installer to look at since
> imitation is a pretty straight-forward design challenge.  As I first
> said back in 1993, "who will step up to the plate and create this
> alternative installer so that we can evaluate its merits and possibly
> even make it the default?"  I'm still waiting for an answer to that
> question, 7 years later. :-)
> 
> - Jordan

Yes, this drum has been beaten long and often, and always with the same
results. I apologize for for both the thumping sound I caused, and for
getting so far off of the list's topic.
-- 
Bob Martin


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