Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:23:35 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who has been pissing Tucows off ? Message-ID: <E14Nz6d-0003o8-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:48:59PM +0000, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > FreeBSD is mature enough to withstand and reply to inaccurate comments. > > Or is it to remain an esoteric market forever ? > > I've been thinking about tucows and the *BSD section (or the linux > section, but that is due to the different linux versions a little > more difficult to defend). > > Why is something like tucows needed for the windows-area? Because > there is no central managed repository for windows software. > download.net and tucows.com are just giant repositories in which > people dump their software and say "here it is". There is no checking > on it, there are no de-installation requirements, there is no > central place to which you can go and ask "he, I have a problem > with xyz version a.b, who has that also" before you go hassle the > author. > > The *BSD and linux-guys are a little more userfriendly because of > their central managed repository. There is checking on the software > if it installs, if it de-installs properly, there is a mailing-list > related to it if you have problems with it and so on. If a new > version is release, the people responsible for the OS will pick it > up, check it out to see if it all works and put it into their > system. Well, I think you are making a very well-argued case in some sense. However I believe that visibility kindles interest. Tucows is one of the first places people look for stuff. and if it is on a ver local mirror they may just be tempted to take a peek. It certainly does no harm to have FBSD available from common Internet watering holes ! Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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