Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Derek Broughton]

Jerry Houston wrote:

> Actually, most applications for Windows don't _need_ to be compiled from
> sources.  They're distributed (even open source freeware) as Microsoft
> Installer databases (.MSI files) that are installed on nearly any Windows
> system without any such problems.

Silly statement.  Of course "most" applications for Ubuntu don't need to be 
compiled from source either.  However, MSI installers need to be self-
contained.  Too bad if they happen to have an external dependency.
> 
> Don't get me wrong -- I'm a Linux fan, or I wouldn't be here.  But there's
> no need for Linux enthusiasts to reduce themselves to straw man arguments.

Yours is the straw man.  The whole _thread_ was a straw man.  That's the 
point of our disagreement.  Binary packages are easy to install on either 
OS, and there's certainly nothing harder about doing it in Ubuntu.
-- 
derek