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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2002-05-14 01:14:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!howland.erols.net!news-feed.ifi.uio.no!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gnat cross compiling FreeBSD to Win32 ? Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology 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: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1021364084 24882 129.241.83.78 (14 May 2002 08:14:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:14:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23999 Date: 2002-05-14T08:14:44+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 14 May 2002 03:51:05 GMT, James Ross wrote: > My prediction is that Linux will *never* be consumer grade because of > lack of standards and ease of use. The mentality that the primary > interface is the command line and the only way to really install > something is to ./configure will prevail on Linux for years to come. Which says more about your lack of knowledge and not the current state nor future. It is far easier to install software on Debian Linux than any Windows version for instance. Preben