RE: RPMs for Mandrake

[IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R]

Mr. Bodo:

        Perhaps I was given bad information at the GNUComm booth. As a 
relatively time-restrained end user (of voice mail products for the moment), 
what I saw at the GNUComm both seemed quite workable. Let me describe what I am 
looking for and what I thought I understood, and perhaps you (or others) can 
guide me appropriately.

        I understand now what may have happened, and apologize for any 
insinuations I made. I have never heard the term "meta-project" before, but if 
it implies the implementation of several other projects in complete package to 
embody a further use, then I do understand.

        The man at the booth (whom was there when the show opened right at 10am 
on Tuesday), showed me how he was able to write scripts, and had a set of 
scripts able to operate as a crude voice mail, and said I could roll my own 
voice mail machine. To that end, he started to talk about all these pieces or 
different software products (Bayonne was one), which needed to be installed. He 
then assured me, its okay though, if you download and install the GNUComm RPM 
you will get everything you need in one place, in one package, and it comes 
with Mandrake 8.0 he said! I use Mandrake 8.0, and spent hours on the net and 
reviewing CDs trying to locate this stuff, so I got rather annoyed by the time 
I got to you.

        At the risk of sounding insulting (and I am not intending too), I don't 
think that the way GNUComm is structured right now, its going to be very easy 
to implement, but I hope I am wrong.

        The software he spoke of said would now support lucent linmodems, and 
was encompassing parts of Bayonne.

        From your last replies, it seems that setting up a voice mail machine 
is quite difficult, so for the moment I will investigate other solutions. 
However, I do appreciate your time and efforts, and I hope one day there is a 
real communications system for Linux, which is powerful and easy to install and 
use.


Very Respectfully,

Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG
Beverly Hills, California
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Friday, September 07, 2001 7:41 PM

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Bodo [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:59 PM
To: IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: RE: RPMs for Mandrake

>       Where is the binary RPM for GNUComm able to be downloaded from?

        None exists.  In fact, the only repository is on ftp.gnu.org,
        it holds nothing, and ftp.gnu.org does not distribute binary
        modules.

        I'm not trying to insult you, put words in your mouth, or
        insinuate that you are stupid.  My last message really covers
        everything there is to know.  That's the truth.

        There were dozens of people in the GNUComm booth, with varying
        levels of knowledge.  I don't know what they said.  This is a
        volunteer project and a volunteer list.  I'm sure that in the
        course of trying to help people, mistakes will get made, but
        our intentions are good.  A lot of the people who were hanging
        out there probably don't know what a meta-project is.

        You want Bayonne RPMs.  Did you check out mandrakesoft's site
        for the binary mandrake RPM's you are looking for?  Or google?

-Rich

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