Re: IDS 2000 SOFTWARE

From: a_blonde@mindless.com >To: Tim Schaefer <tschaefe@bellsouth.net> > > ---- you wrote: > > The fact that a program exists is not an excuse to use it. CPIO is the >wrong media plain > > and simple for software distribution. It is not in mainstream use, >especially in LinuxLand, > > where the de facto standard is gzipped tar files. In case anyone hadn't >noticed Linux > > was originally distributed this way in distributions like Slackware, >which is still to this > > day primarily .tgz files. A tar file is much easier to manage, and can >easily be opened > > in Windows98, or NT, after downloading it to make sure it is in good >shape. > >Yes, but Linux is not a Microsoft product Dude. Not yet. In UNIX land the >standard is compressed tar or compressed cpio files, and I mean 'compress'. >If you want to open a file in NT, then you should have got the NT version, >not the UNIX version. Not really, I've seen bags of UNIX software in tar format. And anyway, here, we're specifically talking about Linux, where .tgz is the de facto way of shipping stuff. > > Nope, in the course of my days and weeks day in and day out of whatever >it is that I do, > > I never EVER use CPIO. You can argue the merits of CPIO until you are >blue in the face and > > it will not convince me of its worth. DD on the other hand has merit, >and quite useful for > > a variety of tasks. Gzipped tar files are the standard plain and >simple. > >They may be the standard you use, but that doesn't make them a UNIX >standard Dude. Who do you think you are, Bill Gates? No, Linus Torvalds... :-) >Well stop wasting your energy looking at it and go away. >Dude, you have some serious negative energy. Did you recently lose a loved >one or something? Yes. He was a big Informix fan. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com