RE: GMC Network

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

> I am only a c++ programmer and trying to learn as best as I can. Until I
> learn c better I figured I would not program in c, for the good of the
> code. I am sorry for my poor choice of words. 
> What I think I should have said is :
> "IF Gnome is to make it in the enterprise it will require some kind of
> Network Neighborhood"
> The whole weight of the sentence is on the "IF".
> and as far as the:
> 
> According to free software etiquete, not being a good programmer precludes
> one from being able to declare a feature as mandatory.  
> 
> Having the idea is totaly seperate from the ability to code somthing. Many
> people in the past have come up with ideas and other people have
> implamented them.
> 
> I work in a big buiseness and from experence, the Network Neighborhood is
> a requirement for large networks.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Todd Graham Lewis [SMTP:tlewis@mindspring.net]
> Sent:	Monday, December 28, 1998 9:53 AM
> To:	Fox, Kevin M
> Subject:	RE: GMC Network
> 
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Fox, Kevin M wrote:
> 
> > I am sorry if the "must" offends you but to be an enterprise wide
> operating
> > system unfortunatly it is a requirement. :(
> > I want to see Gnome replace Windows some day. :)
> > I dont like it much myself but not being a good c programmer I thaught I
> > would just suggest the idea and then see what happens.
> 
> According to free software etiquete, not being a good programmer precludes
> one from being able to declare a feature as mandatory.  Learn to program
> and then you may make such announcements.
> 
> An aspiring good programmer,
> 
> -- 
> Todd Graham Lewis       tlewis@mindspring.net      (800) 719-4664, x2804
> 
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