Michael Sobolev wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 11:01:21AM -0500, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > It was my understanding that debian was planning to use COAS when it > > actually > > comes to fruition. I've been following COAS since Aug. 1998 and the > > progress has > > been very slow, slow to the point where I'm wondering about Caldera's > > commitment. > > Also, I was quite unimpressed with the early results. I found that the > > effort to > > create a common interface for text and GUI made the end result not > > surprisingly > > ugly and klunky. In my opinion they should have put the common interface at > > a > > lower level and developed the text/command-line and GUI front ends > > independently. > Hmm... OK, the user infterface is the not the part which we should borrow, > but > the rest is quite well thought, do not you find?
Well, actually I'm not too fond of their design although it is quite ground-breaking and has lots of nice features. I guess it's probably more advance than anything else out there but then again I'm sure I don't know all of what's out there. > BTW, COAS is at the version 1.0, and Caldera's OpenLinux comes with it as the > main engine for administration. This, I believe, makes me think it's time to > check whether it's possible to integrate into Debian. > > At the moment, Debian lacks anything that would allow to configure the stuff > from one place. COAS gives us ready-to-use idea and implementation. Why not > make use of it? I guess I too should take a look at how it is now. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
