Re: Binary Only Archives Considered Helpful

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From: Anemarie Hess
Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 00:11

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     Having the time, disk space, and patience to recompile the sources
is a significant deterrent for many users in adopting gnu software.  Only
a small percentage of even experienced computer users have the time and
the expertise to get a number of gnu packages functional on a specific
system (e.g., getting libg++ 2.0 running on SCO OTD is not trivial).
Binary only ftp sites would help intice new users.
      This is in no way a criticism of FSF or the Copyleft, just a suggestion
aimed at making free software more accessable.

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Subject: Re: Binary Only Archives Considered Helpful
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