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How can the Caldera Network Desktop 1 be shipped on RedHat, whilst redhat is 
a freeware, and Caldera Network Destop is NOT. are you SURE about this?

--- On Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:42:19 -0800  Yew-Han Hee <yhhee@mcsb.com.my> wrote:

>
>> > A. Is Caldera worth the effort? I mean - since caldera is older RedHat, 
I 
>> > need to install Caldera, and then upgrade the Red Hat. is it worth the 
>> > effort, or can I settle for Red Hat 2.1 only?
>> A. this is only the preview version I am using here, the newone may come 
>> with a newer RedHat
>
>Caldera Network Desktop 1.0 shipped with RedHat 2.1 and LST 
>installation. It is MUCH easier to install. I have tried it.
>
>> B. redhat's jewl in the crown is the installation database, which lets 
>> you install and deinstall individual files and packadges, so you could 
>> always install a RedHat, and then add an older software pack.
>> 
>> Caldera gives you the desktop and the Netware connectivity, the upcoming 
>> versions will give also Caldera's port of WordPerfect, OpenDoc support 
>> and much more.
>> 
>> > B. Do you think SlackWare 3.0 would be better?? from what I Saw included 
in 
>> > the RedHat - it has a lot of things that Slackware doens't have. like, 
httpd, 
>> > irc, etc (not that it's big deal installing everything - but, u know :) 
(and 
>> > setting up color_ls shouldn't be really THAT tough ;).
>> >
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>Yew-Han Hee(yhhee@mcsb.com.my)
>

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