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Re: The Fiona Bruce interview wil Billgatus on the beeb


> Quack snotted:
>> 
>> I noticed you and the rest ran away little little kids when asked how
>> people were supposed to get on the net with no browser installed as
>> default.

You're a bald-faced liar, Quack.  It was covered pretty well here:

In <q47dl.46387$iX1.33193@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The Lost Packet wrote:
>>>
>>>use a CD;
>>>use commandline FTP or Telnet;
>>>use a prebuilt script at activation time with several choices and lists 
>>>of mirror servers for each;
>>>use a singular package manager at *install time* which takes the 
>>>binaries from a singular repository distributed across several servers 
>>>(I'm not saying swamp the user with a choice of twenty different package 
>>>managers, just something which pops up and says "Hi! You need a browser, 
>>>which of these are you most comfortable with/feel most secure with? 
>>>Don't forget you can always jump on the net afterward and download a 
>>>different browser from somewhere else if none of these fine offerings 
>>>tickle your tastebuds!");

Note that some of those, like a CD with a choice of browsers on it,
are obvious-enough for even a fsckwit like you to think of, Quack.


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