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j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au (Jason Stokes) writes:

> On 5 Apr 1997 03:11:43 GMT, David Gibson <david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> >That said, I must agree that j.stokes was unsubstantiated in his
> >claim. I happen to like redhat, but to make a broad claim like his
> >is simply foolish.
> 
> Well, last time I looked, slackware had *no* real upgradability (and that
> situation persists if the previous tirade against RPM format are any
> guide)

What are you talking about ?

> It's not just my opinion, of course.  The www.ssc.com site has similar
> comments comparing the distributions.  There was also some commentary around
> when I bough my distribution about Slackware, and how most users seem to
> choose Debian or RedHat these days.  

"similar comments", "some commentary", "most users seem to", I am
still looking for substance.

> .......  I still feel that buying a
> version of slackware which at last report was last frozen at about april last
> year as part of a book deal is selling yourself short a bit.

Again, where do you get your information?  The files on the CD that
came with my book are from June/July 96.

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Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>

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