From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a073fa836a03b290 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-15 12:16:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!diablo.theplanet.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gnat cross compiling FreeBSD to Win32 ? Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:28:08 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CD1FFC5.4050607@qwest.net> <5ee5b646.0205030057.7cb47a2d@posting.google.com> <3CDD3699.2090809@qwest.net> <4519e058.0205130633.478cc872@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1021397290 9224 136.170.200.133 (14 May 2002 17:28:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 May 2002 17:28:10 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24120 Date: 2002-05-14T17:28:10+00:00 List-Id: An important thing to recall is that several years ago the Macintosh raised the bar on ease of installation. Install a new device? Plug it in! Install new software? Insert the disk! Granted, it wasn't always perfect and there were prices to be paid, but it sure made it easy (usually) for the average non-geek to handle. Microsoft started getting things right with the emergence of NT and in its subsequent incarnations. Software installations at least usually involve inserting the disk and saying "yes" to all the install shield options. Is Linux there? I'm not a Linux user, but I followed the prior posts and it sure sounded like "Really, its all very simple. First you have to know the secret handshake, then you've got to recite the proper incantation when the full moon rises, then you've got to slaughter a goat and put it entrails on the keyboard..... What could be more obvious???" It does *not* sound as simple to me as "Insert the disk. Clik on "Yes" until the install shield goes away." ("Simpler", might be "Insert the disk. Wait for it to pop out.", but maybe we're not there yet...) If you can install software on Linux as simply as this, then let me know. But until you can, Linux is going to be hamstrung if it wants to become "Joe Sixpack Consumer Linux". MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:uptzyu0sy.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov... > > A bigger point is that I am _not_ a typical computer consumer. We > should be comparing notes on how to install Myst, or the latest > Quicken upgrade. (What? Those are not available for Linux? oh well, > never mind :). >