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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 13:17:05 +0100
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Once upon a time (on 26 Apr 97 at 12:16) Jim Lefavour said:

> Unfortunately, someone has to set that up, and people "spoiled" on 
> Windows systems can be easily intimidated by the setup of first the 
> kernel, then the X windows system, then the boot-up files, and not 
> to mention the internet access - not exactly Joe DOSuser's idea of 
> user-friendly :-)
> 
> We need to keep this in mind when developing our system - keep it as 
> simple as possible to set up, so that anyone can do it (this I am 
> familiar with :-)
As I said it befor - it just needs one good configuration utility to do all 
the stuff. Everything may be complicated at will - as long as Joe DOS* ;-) 
doesn't get into the mud, everything will work OK, won't it?
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