Re: [Fwd: Re: packages license]

[Miles Lane <miles megapathdsl net>]

On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 10:02, Karl Trygve Kalleberg wrote:
> On 25 Jun 2002, Miles Lane wrote:
> 
> > What about the Crossover plugin?  People who browse the web
> > a lot (and, as Michael Tiemann mentioned, that's most desktop
> > users) expect to see Quicktime movies and use the MS OFfice
> > viewers.
> 
> That's either nagware (unacceptable) or costs money.

Well, have we decided that this must a free OS?
If so, perhaps we could have package management
client, like Red Carpet, the offers channels for
proprietary purchasable software, like Crossover
Plugin.  

We are going to have trade-offs for usability.
If we don't charge anything, there is complexity
for users after installation.  That complexity
will be a hurdle for people who want to do the
same stuff they are used to doing with MS software.

I wish we could get Apple to port Quicktime to
Linux.  Maybe MS will be forced to release
specifications for their file formats some day.

	Miles