[ale] Aww... This is sad...

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Sat Nov 12 21:10:29 EST 2005


Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
>>Not terribly sad news, nor completely unexpected for two reasons:  1) 
>>The linux community jumped on them like they were thieves when they 
>>first started using Linux (GPL issues).  2) The new software runs in 1/2 
>>the memory and 1/2 the flash than the older versions.
>>
>>The v4s are still plentiful, you just have to look for them (CompUSA on 
>>Cobb pkwy still had several a few weeks ago).
>>
>>-Jim P.
>>
> 
> 
> *shrugs*
> 
> I can see their reason for doing it... I just would think, though, that
> if they were going to switch, it'd be better to stay in the same "genre"
> of system; any of one's pick of *BSD runs on virtually anything, and a
> base install is *tiny* compared to a "base" install of virtually any
> given Linux distribution.

Can you define tiny?  I've got a tiny slackware install.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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