From: Benoit Cerrina <benoit.cerrina@...>
Date: 2001-10-04T16:46:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22058] Re: Flogging a live Window


"MikkelFJ" <mikkelj-anti-spam@post1.dknet.dk> wrote in message
news:3bbbaa80$0$244$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk...
>
> "Benoit Cerrina" <benoit.cerrina@writeme.com> wrote in message
> news:9pg69o$d2j$1@wanadoo.fr...
>
> > wrong here, for multiple reasons the first one being the price of VC,
the
> > second
> > being the availability of windows there are many reasons to do it.
>
> But the difficulty of obtaining gcc on Windows makes it a lot easier to
just
> dualboot Linux where you can get the CD's in the local bookstore or
wrapped

It is easy to get and you get regular refreshes on magazine CD's if you
don't have the
bandwidth to download it.

> with a magazine - or as easy to download CD images.
please explain why its easier to download a CD images, burn it and install
and os than
download a 9mg tar.gz and unpack it with winzip or equivalent.
Also I hate rebooting I like my computer to stay on.
Benoit