[Eug-lug] Crappy Cow

[roger]

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 12:19 -0700, Jason LaPier wrote:
> > 
> > I see no reason why Ubuntu couldn't provide an option during 
> > install to install 3rd party apps via the network.  I don't 
> > think Adobe is going to want to sue anybody wanting to make 
> > their format more popular..except for maybe microsoft for 
> > unknown Godly reasons.
> > 
> > As far as win32 codecs, again, I still say users should be 
> > prompted with an option during install and during first 
> > boot-up.  After the install, should still be as easy as 
> > installing an additional package.  Some good examples are 
> > Mandrake (Mandriva) and Gentoo.
> 
> It's a philosophy.
> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy
> I'll install the extra stuff myself, thanks very much, knowing the
> reasoning behind it.
> 
> (I see what you're getting at, and with each release they do try to make
> it easier and easier to get all the restricted stuff - in Feisty you get
> the bulk of it with one click. If you're installing your own OS, I think
> you can handle installing a few post-install packages...)

Another thing to think about on this issue, a lot of Government agencies
depend on Adobe PDF and some even use Flash.  (Can't recall the ones
using Flash.  Ah, think NASA uses Flash for the kiddie section?)

Also, for an example, NASA uses Windows codecs.  

What good is an O/S if it can't browse the web?

When somebody in poverty, gets pursued by the IRS and they're excuse is,
"I couldn't afford the money to buy an o/s.  So my free one can't view
your website."

I'm just throwing some lame excuses out here without good examples of
website urls, but just trying to give people to chew on for second
before just giving into a patent issue and denying kids the right to
view the site on nasa.gov. :-/  (... they are using Flash aren't they??)




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Fri May 4 12:42:32 PDT 2007