Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:27:43 10/21/99
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On October 21, 1999 at 12:40:16, Christophe Theron wrote: >I have heard that Linux is not as easy to use as Windows, but a friend of mine >recently installed it (Mandrake 6.0) and told me it was very easy, running >faster than Windows and he never has to reboot anymore. Anyway, do you really >think the average Joe is able to install and use Windows without the help of a >qualified technician? I don't think the average Joe is able to, not by a long shot. But the average Joe Programmer? Sure. >I have read recently that many DOS anf Windows program run on Linux, so you >don't have to threw away all your program library. That's a good move! > >As soon as I have Linux installed, it is clear that I'll have a version of Tiger >running on it very quickly. The main worry for me is: is it possible to >distribute commercial programs for Linux. This is a stupid question maybe, but >is still not clear for me. At least I know that I cannot distribute a program >compiled with GnuC without distributing the sources too. So it's clear I'll not >use GnuC for a commercial version. AFAIK this isn't true: software compiled with GCC is not considered to be a derivitave work of GCC itself. You should read their license agreement carefully, though. > Christophe Dave
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