[Koha] ANNOUNCE: Koha perl dependency RPMs for Red Hat 9

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Indeed!  I have been at sites where the S word and F word were chanted in an 
hour long mantra...of course followed by the sound of an install CD whanging 
off the wall ... and yes,  the poor soul trying to instal their new application 
 has a real dim view of the folk that created it!

Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
(official wheedler of the project cattle prod)


> Subj:Re: [Koha] ANNOUNCE: Koha perl dependency RPMs for Red Hat 9 
> Date:6/22/2003 1:25:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:peterha at nothingbutnet.co.nz">peterha at nothingbutnet.co.nz</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz">koha at lists.katipo.co.nz</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday 23 June 2003 01:22 am, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> > "it would really help a lot of not-so-IT librarians to just install Koha
> > without them knowing the hard work."
> >
> > Correct..  In this manner and other things leading to the one click 
> instal,
> > shall any software package gain universal acceptance...
> 
> A manager once put me right on this point. Your application might be the 
> best 
> in the world, but if the install isn't easy, or doesn't work right, the user 
> 
> will never see how good it is.
> 
> This is a problem with open source in general - that installation is far 
> harder than with commercial applications. Developers know how to build and 
> deploy, while users are not conversant with the tools - and shouldn't need 
> to 
> be.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter
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Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC

See the Museum's Web Site at

www.smecc.org

We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. 
library
please advise if you have anything we can use.

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