18 Nov
2002
18 Nov
'02
11:03 p.m.
BenEBoy mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
Why isn't it very good for general use then? [...]
Imagine teaching your cousin who's new to computers (and a bit of a technophobe) how to download and compile his own software. Now imagine him teaching himself. Does it gain him much over being able to get it all precompiled?
That's all I was meaning, not that you can't build a general-purpose system from scratch.