Re: Actually I am a little bit disappointed...

From: Dave Nottage [TeamB] (dnottage_at_n0sp4m.bigpond.net.au)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: 30 Sep 2004 04:34:41 -0700

Ender wrote:

> Example: there are several paths to deploy applications on Linux,
> including tarballs and RPMs

..and including install scripts, which Borland used.

> Borland choosed to create some kind of
> installator instead of plain "rpm -ihv /mnt/cdrom/kylix3_core.rpm" or
> unpacking it from tarball.

As you said, there are a myriad of ways of installing on Linux. You
described two.

> And immediately many people had problems with installation.

..and many did not.

> Oracle do same way. They use installator written in Java.

One of the many ways that can be used on Linux.

> Why all that complexity? Why all that curve ways to solve problems
> instead of plain and standard for Linux?

Indeed, why does Linux have so much complexity in the ways applications
can be run/installed?

Kylix is as "native" as Linux gets. 

-- 
Dave Nottage [TeamB]
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