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Re: GPL traitor !
From: |
Erik Funkenbusch |
Subject: |
Re: GPL traitor ! |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:24:34 -0500 |
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:01:48 -0500, chrisv wrote:
> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:36:13 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>
>>> The beauty of a gratis LiveCD is that you can "try before you buy"
>>> with no muss, no fuss and no risk.
>>
>>Except that a LiveCD will boot slowly, run slowly, and generally give a bad
>>impression of the speed of Linux to anyone who doesn't understand the
>>issues with a LiveCD.
>>
>>It's really a dual-edged sword.
>
> Yeah, sure, Fuddie. It's really rocket science to figure that out,
> assuming that you haven't already read it. "Gee, it seems that my CD
> has to spin-up before things happen!"
>
> "Gosh, maybe there's a speed compromise to running off a CDROM!?!?!"
Seriously. 99% of the computer using population would not know that, would
not make the connection, or would simply not care. "It's too slow, it
sucks!"
- Re: GPL traitor !, (continued)
- Re: GPL traitor !, 7, 2009/04/29
- Re: GPL traitor !, amicus_curious, 2009/04/29
- Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, JEDIDIAH, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, chrisv, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, Erik Funkenbusch, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, JEDIDIAH, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, chrisv, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, chrisv, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !,
Erik Funkenbusch <=
- Re: GPL traitor !, chrisv, 2009/04/30
- Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/04/30
Re: GPL traitor !, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/04/30
Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/04/30
Re: GPL traitor !, JEDIDIAH, 2009/04/30