[ros-kernel] Re: Proposed books for rosdocs

[Aidan K. <ke...@pa...>]

 Ar an 8=FA l=E1 de m=ED 10, scr=EDobh Casper Hornstrup :

 > On Monday 08 October 2001 09:14, et...@so... wrote:
 > > Casper Hornstrup writes:
 > > > It sounds like you want ReactOS to be like the server editions o=
f Windows
 > > > NT. I don't think that ReactOS should go that way. Putting too m=
any
 > > > applications into "core" ReactOS will bloat it.=20

If they are integrated into the system and well thought out=3F There's
bloat, and there are big programs. The second does not necessarily
imply the first.=20

 > Have you ever looked at a Windows NT distribution=3F They are all qu=
ite large.=20
 > Not because the core Windows NT OS is large, but because there are m=
any=20
 > extensions to the OS. Extensions like drivers and other software. Al=
so, the=20
 > extensions included in a distribution are specific to certain target=
ted=20
 > end-users.

Suse linux comes on 6 cds, last time I checked. All of these things
are true about it.=20

 > > although, i do agree with the fact that a user should be able to c=
ustomize
 > > his system. a package system (a la rpm/deb) might be in line later=
 down the
 > > road.
 >=20
 > There is no need to design a new package system. Newer Windows syste=
ms has MS=20
 > Installer, which is sufficient.

Indeed.=20

--=20
`... when the elephant man broke strong men's necks, when he'd had too=20=

many Powers, ...'

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