[ros-dev] New Webserver System

[Richard Campbell]

You've never had the older floppy version ;)

TwoTailedFox wrote:

>And Windows 95 actually takes 40MB Space Minimum, not 15 ;)
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>On 8/30/05, Casper Hornstrup <ch at csh-consult.dk> wrote:
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>>You can still install Windows 95 or an older Linux.
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>>>-----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
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>>>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?
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>>>Regards,
>>>Richard
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>>>Rick Langschultz wrote:
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>>>>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...
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>>>>On Aug 28, 2005, at 8:56 PM, Rick Langschultz wrote:
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>I think this would help out both developers and users of reactos.
>>>>>Including future RosMessenger or something like that...
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>>>>>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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>>>>Rick Langschultz
>>>>rlangschultz at cox.net (Home)
>>>>rlangschultz at ellemaespa.com (Work)
>>>>rlangschultz at email.uophx.edu (School)
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