[ydl-gen] [YDL5] Install DVD won't boot (bad media?) and related questions - corrected

[jmzorko at mac.com]

Derick,

> As to downloading and compiling md5sum or other commands which Apple
> removed, this can become a losing battle as with every Apple update
> the  range of changes they make to Darwin and OS X continues according
> to their whim.  Since they are essentially listening to no one and
> making choices according to their view of what users want -- I  
> don't see
> a resolution other than to abandon OS X as a reliable testing  
> platform.

* John sits down and tries to do something on his various machines *

Yikes, I just tried running emacs on both my Gentoo and Debian boxes,  
and found that it wasn't there.  While a quick emerge / apt-get fixed  
it (and i'm more of a vi person anyway), this concerns me and makes  
me think that I should perhaps abandon Linux as a reliable  
development platform.

Oh my, I just tried to write a Perl script on my OSX, Gentoo, Debian  
and Windows boxes that used a module that wasn't installed.  While a  
quick install via CPAN / ppm fixed it, it really makes me think that  
I should perhaps abandon Perl as a scripting tool, and OSX, Gentoo,  
Debian and Windows as reliable scripting platforms.

Uh oh, this is troubling -- I just tried to write some C++ code that  
talked to a web service via gSOAP, and found that gSOAP wasn't  
installed on my OSX, Gentoo, Debian _or_ Windows boxes.  While I was  
able to download and install it on all of the above platforms, this  
has me quite concerned and makes me think that perhaps I should  
abandon C++ as a reliable development tool, and OSX, Gentoo, Debian  
and Windows as reliable development platforms for networked  
applications.

Wow, I guess i'm out of a job ... as no matter which language / tool  
I choose, it's not installed by default on every other OS I could  
ever imagine coding for.  Downloading, compiling and installing the  
tool fixes the problem, but I can't be bothered to do that -- it  
should just _be_ there.

Regards,

John, not trying to offend, only trying to point out that your  
argument doesn't scale

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