[OFFTOPIC] Re: where do I find w32 codecs and java

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 08:35 -0300, Pablo Barrera wrote:
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> 2010/8/25 Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>
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>         
>         
>         Bob always had staff on the road to universities on the
>         weekends, all
>         expenses paid, to hold install-fests, plus he'd get a
>         truckload of
>         Domino's Pizza delivered to the events. He knew the owner who
>         started
>         using Linux to save a bundle on store operations. Then we had
>         the RedHat
>         Expo's every year. He was huge on the small user. That's where
>         the devel
>         folks come from. Matt had to answer to stockholders. Different
>         setup.
>         
>         I still know "Uncle Bob" and he's one helluva guy. Fedora came
>         about to
>         try to un-alienate those who were peeved at the loss of the
>         box set. I
>         did email support for that and got laid off when it ceased.
>         Setting it
>         up, as they did, was probably a tax write off? I dunno. I
>         think it was
>         all one huge mistake ...Bob had it right. Win their hearts and
>         minds, so
>         when they become Admins they will stick with what they are
>         used to. Same
>         as Windows users. Gates knows that too. :) Ric
> 
> 
> Interesting thoughts Ric, I never heard of that. My angry point is
> that, Fedora could be a better distro, than it is now.

Many of us made that point on their list, and others were content to
remain bloody bleeding edge. So, some of us jumped ship to Ubuntu and
haven't looked back. I still can't believe how much better apt-get is
compared to yum. 

Mark Shuttleworth's vision is much closer to Bob Young's. I appreciate
that. :) Ric



-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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