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| DATE | 2003-07-01 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Please check this before I send it.
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If it's OK with Mike it is ok with me
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 12:27:09PM -0400, Ray C. wrote:
>
> chose a better battle
>
> On Tuesday 01 July 2003 10:00 am, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > Please check this letter before I send it to Mandrake-Linux.
> >
> > My name is Michael L. Richardson, I am currently President of NYLXS,
> > INC.
> > (New York Gnu/Linux Scene). NYLXS is decicated to promoting Free Software
> > in the NY Area. I have used Mandrake-Linux vers 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
> > and now 9.1. In the Users guide for ver 9.1 section IV.11 introduction to
> > Mandrake control center, Whats in DrakConf is written "Mandrake Control
> > Center is Mandrake Linux's main configuration tool. It enables the system
> > administrator to configure the hardware and the services used for all
> > users. The tools accessible through the Mandrake Control Center greatly
> > simplify the use of the system, notably by avoiding the use of the evil
> > command line."
> >
> > I take execption to the phrase "notably by avoiding use of the evil
> > command
> > line". At the heart of GNU/Linux Systems is the use of the command line.
> > For a System Adminstrator using GNU/Linux the main tool is the command
> > line. This is not windows where users are not allowed to use the command
> > line. Using the command line gives you the freedom to learn how to use your
> > computer (not just the proprity progrqams someone else wrote. You lean how
> > the various parts of the computer interact, how to write your own programs.
> > When using the command line you are not limited to predetimered conditions
> > imposed by someone else (With Free Software under the GPL you are free to
> > modify programs to suit your needs) or write your own.
> >
> > The pharse "evil command line" has no place in Free Software or any
> > system
> > using Free Software it is a Redmond phrase. As you have made your distros
> > easier to use you have been taking away choices (during the install you no
> > longer have an expert choice. Oh it says expert but when you click it it
> > does not give you any choices. The wizards leaves nothing to be done.
> > It leaves me wondering if Mandrake-Linux is perhaps headed towards becoming
> > the next Redmond clone? The command line is ManDrake-Linux's saving
> > grace without it I would not be using Mandrake-Linux.
> >
> > The pharse "notably by avoiding use of the evil command line" must
> > be
> > removed.
> >
> > ____________________________
> > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
> > Fair Use -
> > because it's either fair use or useless....
> > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
>
> --
> At times the discrepency between institutions and technology becomes an
> incompatibility, and then one or the other must give way.
> -Allen Wheelis
>
> ____________________________
> NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
> Fair Use -
> because it's either fair use or useless....
> NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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