From: David Jenkins <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: A Very New Beginner
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 14:45:51 +0100
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In article <199708050853 DOT SAA06567 AT wumpus DOT its DOT uow DOT edu DOT au>, Brett Leslie
Porter <blp01 AT uow DOT edu DOT au> writes
>> 
>> 
>> BTW
>> I myself don't even have a problem with Newbies asking how to install
>> DJGPP, some people seem to have a problem with it. I've tried putting
>> something in which could ease it, BUT it appears to me that nobody seems
>> interested in solving the problem. 
>
>It certainly seems that way, doesn't it. Actually, your small solution 
>was well worded, and I think something like that should be added to the 
>install page of DJGPP. There just appears to be argument for arguments 
>sake on this page...
>
Thanks for the acknowledgement, I was starting to think the only people
interested in this problem are the moaners.

I just came up with this analogy for all the complainers to read.

Say the USA (Or your country) has had laws about chewing gum for the
last 10 years or so. There is some text in the "Welcome to USA" booklet
everybody gets on the plane. But people miss the gum laws :) section.

Its like you standing at customs at the airport, moaning at people for
chewing gum, and making them stop. You could stand there forever more, a
certain percentage of the visitors/immigrants would still be chewing
gum, so wouldn't it be easier to do something better. Like make the gum
laws text impossible to miss, or do something similarly more positive
than what your doing now.

>> Nobody else appears to have offered
>> any solutions, why??
>> 
>
>Well, I will endeavour to get moving on my component install/uninstall 
>program for DJGPP, hopefully it could be added to the download directory 
>and a modified version of readme.1st included. Although I'm only new to 
>DJGPP, I've been using C++ for many years now, and have done something 
>similar in the past. Anyone got any suggestions, comments, objections to 
>this?
>

No objections from me at all.
Maybe when its finished we can all be one happy family again.

>Brett.
>
>

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