On 06 November 2007 , John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:

indeed. in some filename/directory standard or another who's name escapes me, /opt is the standard place to install non-core distribution software packages ... linux people often use /usr/local for this, but /usr/local is intended for site specific stuff, which software packages really aren't.

John: Thank you for the above explanation! As I just wrote, I made that mistake about 2 1/2 years ago. I will change it, from /opt to /win and hopefully won't repeat that same mistake!