Subject: RE: spell checking add-on

From: Florence Lee <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:00:26 +1000

THE last time we installed pine, it took 6 months...it's very technical...
anybody finds it hard to install pine...

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From:	Jessica Rasku [SMTP:[email-masked]]
Sent:	Thursday, 17 June 1999 12:12
To:	Pine Discussion Forum
Subject:	Re: spell checking add-on

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Robert Larmon wrote:

> > Then why even bother using Pine?
> 
> Because it's free!!!  (and a darn good program too)  It also fits our
> remote needs and is relatively maintenance free.

	Hm...  I'm not sure that this in itself is a good reason...  

> The reason I talk about a more GUI-like interface is that my users are
> starting to ask why Pine is still using a UNIX-style (they say DOS)
> interface for their office needs/wants.  I have a 40%/60% mix of users who
> prefer GUI/functionality.  Unfortunately for me the 40% are the ones who
> make the most noise.  I'd love to give them a more GUI-ized PC-Pine so
> that they will be satisfied and I can still use and provide the product
> that I prefer.

	Then why can't you let them use something like Eudora?  Why must
they use Pine?  I LIKE pine, and I like that it is text mode.  I would
stick with the version that I was at, if it ever went gui.  Even if it
still provided a text mode.  I know that a lot of energy goes into
development of a GUI, and I don't want to see that energy taken away from
the general development of Pine.  

> I can wish, can't I? :)  Sorry for the divergence.

	You certianly can.  But I think you will find that the vast
majority of Pine users don't want a graphical version.  There are various
reasons, but that really doesn't matter...

							Jessica

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From: Jessica Rasku <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:03:18 -0700 (PDT)

> anybody finds it hard to install pine...

	The last time I installed Pine it took about 20 minutes, including
compile time, etc.  Maybe I am just totaly clueless and don't realise that
these sorts of things should take months, not minutes.  Saying that
anybody finds it hard to install is totaly incorrect, as I for one found
it to be incredibly plesant to install.

							Jessica

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From: Dave Horsfall <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:47:57 +1000 (EST)

> anybody finds it hard to install pine...

Six *MONTHS* to install Pine?  Where's the problem?  When a new version
comes out, it takes me 5 minutes, not including compilation time.

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