On ma, 2010-06-14 at 11:53 -0400, Joe Atzberger wrote:
Zebra, despite whatever complaints we might have about ease of configuration [- - -]
*cough*http://debian.koha-community.org/*cough* :) (This is what distributions of free software operating systems, e.g., Debian, are meant for: to take the pain out of installing powerful, complicated software. For whatever reason, most people who write the kinds of sophisticated software that makes you realize you live in the future and reduces near-term sci-fi authors to tears[1] are not so good at making it easy to install, configure, upgrade, and otherwise manage their software. That's where distributions help. To build something like Debian is not just a matter of having a fast machine to compile a lot of source code provided by other people. You also have to put in a lot of hard work to make everything work out of the box, and also get everything to work together.) [1] http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2008/03/blindsided-by-the-future...