From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 10:54:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D678A16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:54:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C706C43D1F for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:54:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02.acuson.com ([157.226.230.209]:2815) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1B0mMU-0001Fy-3q; Tue, 09 Mar 2004 10:53:54 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:45:08 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-107.acuson.com ([157.226.46.107]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id GFNWGNWJ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:43:54 -0800 From: Johnson David To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:51:52 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040308210331.CDPV20549.tomts14-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp.bellnexxia.net> <20040309151222.B68396@haldjas.folklore.ee> <200403091529.14762.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <200403091529.14762.will@unfoldings.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403091051.52675.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1B0mMU-0001Fy-3q*7/AcEs30axs* cc: Willie Viljoen Subject: Re: Desktop FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:54:15 -0000 On Tuesday 09 March 2004 05:29 am, Willie Viljoen wrote: > That's what KDE and GNOME are for, to add desktops to UNIX operating > systems, the operative word being "add". UNIXes were never meant to > be desktops. Adding a desktop to a UNIX is a great idea as it opens > up UNIX to a new market, but that's still no case for turning UNIX > itself into a desktop system. UNIX was never meant to be a "desktop", but that's only because there wasn't a concept of "desktop" back then. UNIX was the desktop of its day. When everyone else was making systems to run on expensive mainframes for governments and huge corporations, UNIX was made for a mini-computer affordable by universities and smaller companies. David