Subject: Re: One Size Fits All
To: Frank Warren <clovis@home.com>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 12/04/1999 14:19:39
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Frank Warren wrote:
> I have, BTW, seen NetBSD developers install NetBSD and get seriously chewed
> on for the lack of applications for anyone but a few programmers. The
> bottom line is that NetBSD got ripped off of all machines but the
> programmers machines and Windows installed instead because, really, the CFO
> has no use for grep and yacc and awk and sed but does need a good
> spreadsheet and vi ain't cutting it for the secretaries and support staff.
Was this before our package system? If not, what applications are
missing from /usr/pkgsrc that are present on other systems?
cjs
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