Wow. Welcome back for me. :)

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 13:00 -0400, Sam Hiser wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 12:59 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > > Keep in mind also that one of the principal points of differentiation
> > > for distros -- substantial points -- has to do with RPM vs APT.  It is a
> > > difference which can carry an adoption.  Each suits different people on
> > > its merits and respective frictions.  All's to Good.   
> > 
> > rpm vs apt?
> > 
> > You're kidding right? I thought we had finally put this one to bed a
> > while ago.
> > 
> > okay: rpm == dpkg
> >       apt == yum or apt-rpm or whatever.
> > 
> > just so we're clear.
> 
> Of course, so careless of me, Seth.

But I guess my point is that the differences between rpm and deb and yum
and apt is a stone's throw in terms of functionality.

So what's the big point of differentiation?

-sv