[ros-dev] New Webserver System

Casper Hornstrup ch at csh-consult.dk
Tue Aug 30 08:36:01 CEST 2005


You can still install Windows 95 or an older Linux.

Casper

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Richard
> Campbell
> Sent: 30. august 2005 01:35
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] New Webserver System
> 
> This is also one of the problems with linux.  Too much shit gets bundled
> with most distros.  A basic linux distro with a GUI like KDE (lets face
> it, only hardcore computer geeks (no offense) use the CLI) tends to
> consume over 500 MB space minimum.  I would like to see a return to the
> days when your operating system didn't bog down your system.  Anyone
> else remember these days?
> 
> Regards,
> Richard
> 
> 
> Rick Langschultz wrote:
> 
> > Let us consider the way Microsoft does things for just a minute.
> > When Windows XP came out it was bundled with Paint, NotePad, Write,
> > Builtin CD Burning, DVD-Burning???, Windows Media Player, and MSN
> > Messenger, as well as MSN if memory serves me correctly. Then they
> > had the addons like IIS, MSMQ, etc. As it turns out the bundled stuff
> > could be uninstalled. I think users of an operating system are
> > looking for convenience in an operating system. Even my new ibook g4
> > came with ichat installed, textedit, worldbook encyclopedia, as well
> > as many other programs that I find I use almost daily. Consider the
> > fact that prebundling software in the production release would give
> > ReactOS an advantage in the computing industry. And if a user doesn't
> > want those program they could either not use them or can uninstall
> > them. Think of the shear scope of the long term goal of reactOS. And
> > with prebundled software applications and installable add ons would
> > make reactos a more powerful, and hopefully more prominant computing
> > environment which may be on your local best buy shelf...
> >  But in order for that to happen people have to start looking at the
> > statistics and trends in computing today, whilst focusing on the
> > minor version releases like the pre-production releases.
> > All I am saying is open your mind and show yourself what computing
> > can be taken to...
> >
> > On Aug 28, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Rick Langschultz wrote:
> >
> >> I was kicking around the idea of installing a jabber server on my
> >> companies server to allow instant messaging on the local area network.
> >> Would reactos.com be willing to do something like that or is that
> >> too far out of the scope of the project.
> >>
> >> I was going to use OpenLDAP for authentication and save all of the
> >> conversations in XML files in both senders and recipients home
> >> folders. I also was going to write an XSL to display those messages.
> >>
> >> I think this would help out both developers and users of reactos.
> >> Including future RosMessenger or something like that...
> >>
> >> Just a though...
> >> Rick Langschultz
> >> rlangschultz at cox.net (Home)
> >> rlangschultz at ellemaespa.com (Work)
> >> rlangschultz at email.uophx.edu (School)
> >>
> >>
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