From:	"Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel" <kalum AT newmail DOT net>
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Date:	Tue, 4 Jan 2000 18:29:44 +0600
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Subject:	Re: Is DJGPP really suitable for beginners?
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On 3 Jan 00, at 18:53, Weiqi Gao wrote:

> 
> You mean, it is not enough for Eli to have compiled FAQ.html, and now
> he has to write a FAQ.EXE?
> 

I really shouldn't bother replying to this kind of post but here goes... 
Sorry mate but it seems you've just missed the bus :-). Please 
look before you leap eh?

I wasn't asking Eli to write anything. I was just asking him whether 
if such a program design would be feasible or not because IMHO 
just mearly checking the system for potential troubles like missing 
lstdcx, missing zips  would help solve a lot of problems and provide 
hints for newbies rather than some cryptic error messages.

Although we like to bash M$ IMHO one reason we should give 
Micro$oft credit for is that there OS's and software is so easy to 
install. Any newbie can get it up and running without much hassle.

I don't want to start any flames but IMHO most Linux distributions 
are pretty hard to install and configure for newcomers which puts 
them off from trying it. 

So as you may see just having a easy menu driven install which 
does simple things like unzipping etc will be quite useful and 
appeal to all.

Grendel

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