Re: [Fsfe-uk] An ignorant question?

[Neil Darlow]

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Hi,

On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 10:10 am, Chris Puttick wrote:
> Seconded on the name change option - and seeing as how Flossie (nee
> SQL-Ledger...) is written in Perl, could not your objections to dependence
> on a web server be resolved through
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxperl/
>
> http://wxwindows.org/
>
> or similar?

Very probably but contrast the ability for Joe Public to buy a copy of e.g. 
Sage or QuickBooks, install it and be up and running within half an hour with 
the need to install apache, MySQL and SQL Ledger and configure them before 
being able to start working.

Let's not forget these are people who wouldn't have a clue how to install a 
RPM and yet we're advocating this as a solution. It's fine for those running 
support companies because it earns them money but, let's be sensible here, 
installing Windows software is pretty much a no-brainer these days. The same 
can't be said of comparable free software.

Regards,
Neil Darlow M.Sc.
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