From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 03:52:57 2005 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 CCB8016A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:52:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D58243D39 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:52:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id C6C1B1C00092 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:52:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A9AA11C0008E for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:52:56 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212035256695.A9AA11C0008E@mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:52:56 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <125041881.20050212045256@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AE9@mvaexch01.acuson.com> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AE9@mvaexch01.acuson.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.3: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:52:57 -0000 Johnson David writes: > The suitability of a system for the desktop has only a little to do with > installation and setup. If you're a newbie sitting at home without an > administrator, then by all means stick with Mac OSX. But the desktop market > is far bigger than the newbie sitting at home. You also have to consider the > business desktop where you have sysadmins to do the installation and setup. > If you can train an admin to configure X.org (which ain't that hard), then > there's no reason you can't have FreeBSD and KDE/GNOME/WhateverDE on the > business desktop. Other than mindshare, that is. To advocate FreeBSD, you must explain why FreeBSD is preferable to other operating systems. It is not sufficient to say that there is no reason why someone _cannot_ put FreeBSD on the desktop. The latter response means that you'll be thanked for your time, and the Microsoft salesperson will be shown into the conference room. -- Anthony