From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:

> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:b091e7.4d3b55{at}harborwebs.com...
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>
>>If it's a part of the OS then it's an OS problem. According to MS
>
> themselves IE
>
>>etc are an intrinsic part of the OS. Noone I know says that GAIM is an
>>intrinsic part of an OS. In fact given there are versions for a load of
>
> OS'es
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>>including windows then it's a Windows problem as well
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>
> Ok fine, it's not an OS patch then, but if it requires the distribution be
> modified then it definitely is the responsibility of the distro vendor to
> provide a patch, the distribution has a flaw that needs fixed so who else is
> going to do it?
>

The person who wrote the app? Do you really thing Turbolinux have the
source to DB2 & are allowed to issue their own DB2 fixes? Even if it's
an OSS app, it's still up to the authors as otherwise you'll end up with a
version which is not the same as the offical "fixed" version
& then whose problem is that?


> I have a knoppix CD, you think I'm going to go to 20 different vendors to
> see if there are any patches? You're nuts, I'm going to download the current
> knoppix distribution to get up to date.
>
That's a bundling not a fixing problem. You want Klaus to do the bundling
of the fixes not write the fixes.

Adam

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