Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Robert Holtzman]

On Thu, 14 May 2009, Derek Broughton wrote:

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> Again, nobody has said that.  We've just insisted that if the software is
> packaged for Ubuntu, it's as easy as installing on Windows (at least) and if
> it isn't, it is at least possible to compile.  In fact, Ubuntu _explicitly_
> makes that harder than necessary by being one of the few distros that
> doesn't install compilers by default - and that was an intentional choice
> because they knew users didn't want to compile.

Then how come gcc got installed on my Hardy box by default? Haven't 
checked my Jaundiced Jackass installation yet but would *almost* bet 
it's there too.

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