Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:01:03 +1030 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9812191250230.10338-100000@bragg> In-Reply-To: <199812181818.LAA20653@usr01.primenet.com>
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > This *doesn't* mean that a typical physicist should have to trapse > > > through a maze of twisty checkboxes in categories recognizable to > > > computer scientists (and maybe technical lexicographers, but not > > > physicists) which all look alike, just to install what was, > > > historically, a base system component. > > > > These two statements conflict.. > > The physicist wouldn't be installing the software (or fitting out the > > car) the sys admin would.. > > Desktop computers do not have system admins, they have the person > whose desk they are on. Datapoint from a physicist: here at Adelaide the people who have linux boxes, or alphas, or sparcs, on their desks, don't have root access (because for the most part they're not mechanics). All software installation is done by a sysadmin.. Kris ----- (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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