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On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 06:14:19PM -1000, david wrote:

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> Hmm, I see no need for 0install.net. If you're someone who can be

> allowed to install software on a system, what's so hard about remember

> root's password?

I'm a Debian user, and a big fan of it's package management system.

However, it's probably not the best possible package management system out

of the set of all possible package management systems, in the same way

that socio-capitalist democracies are not the best possible political

systems out of the set of all possible political systems. As such,

it's great to have alternatives and people trying different ways of

doing things so that the software can continue to evolve.
In short, it's easy to remember root's password. It's also easier to

distribute your software using 0install.net than it is to get it into

Debian[1].
Best,
Chris.
1. Depending who you are and how well known your software is.
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