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Re: [News] Op-ed: GNU/Linux Installation Mechanism the Best Feature

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Put your program in, Pull your program out. That's what it's all about.
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| If somebody were to ask me which feature of Linux I liked the most I would 
>| have to say without a doubt the packaging systems that are available for it. 
>| The packaging systems for the biggest, baddest and best distributions would 
>| have to be the biggest, baddest and best difference between Linux and 
>| proprietary systems.     
> `----
> 
> http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/put-your-program-in-pull-your-program-out-thats-what-its-all-about-22090
> 
> Weirdly enough, that's also the most common form of FUD. It's a myth.
> 

It's a traditional marketing/sales approach, take the opposition's
greatest strength, that being fantastic package management, and make it
a weakness.  Everything after that is therefore easier.

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