From: "Marvin G Wise Jr" <mgwise AT seidata DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP: the future is... FreeDos? DJ-DOS? Linux?
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:18:14 -0400
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Well, I was just saying what I'd like to do :) whether or not we should do
it is a matter of opinion......

I do think that the project could possibly see a lot of support ....I mean,
look how popular Linux has become, and it's not even a graphical system....I
think the biggest hurdle Linux faces these days is the installation
procedures...I read an article recently, an opinion article, complaining
that linux installation is just too complex for the average user...I
wouldn't know, I haven't tried to install it yet:) But, I think that the
whole "desktop" with "folders" and such is really out of date in the world
of the Internet...which is why linux is so popular (at least this is my
perspective.)  I mean, a desktop is so small, the internet so
large...shouldn't a GUI interface reflect this change? Like I said, I'm just
dreaming, and I haven't contributed anything to the current DJGPP
project....but I enjoy it's benefits, and appreciate the hard work that's
gone into it...right now I'm just supplying what I'd like to see happen in
the future:) and what I'd like to be a part of:) if that involves DJGPP
great:) if not, I'll end the thread now:) after all, I am a bit longwinded:)

WG

DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote in message
news:199904092134 DOT RAA06265 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com...
>
> > but the attraction in this idea is...could we do it...
>
> The better question to ask, though, is *should* we do it?  Or should
> we do something else?