From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 18 13:17:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF2237BB16 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:17:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.89.241]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000718211653.NYSM3760.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:16:53 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA02510; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:17:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:17:18 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Neill Robins Cc: Tim Ryder , Adam , Jason , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The joys of Windows Message-ID: <20000718211718.F239@parish> References: <20000718195822.16555.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com> <7140013563.20000718160750@nc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <7140013563.20000718160750@nc.rr.com>; from freebsd@nc.rr.com on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 04:07:50PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 04:07:50PM -0400, Neill Robins wrote: > Hello Tim, > Tuesday, July 18, 2000, 3:58:22 PM, you wrote: > TR> The truth of the matter is that no matter what you are > TR> using it is only as good as the person using it. > > Windows is great for my dad, who write emails, etc. But I find it > hard to believe that computers with 128mb of ram and 3-4 applications > (email, Netscape, editor) crash constantly and reliably. I don't have ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ An oxymoron, methinks :) Hmm, that whole sentence (without the app names in brackets) wouldn't be out of place in fortune(6). > time to keep rebooting. > > TR> Everyone keeps saying that things are easier to do in > TR> linux/bsd over windows and then they go on to say that > TR> they dont like windows because all that you do is > TR> point and click - isnt that easier. > > If you use a mouse.... > > Lynx, mutt, etc....You don't even need X.... > > > -- > Best regards, > Neill > freebsd@nc.rr.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message