From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 15 16:09:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA11504 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:09:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from general1.consumersedge.com (mail.personalogic.com [208.213.67.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA11445 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:09:31 GMT (envelope-from dshanes@personalogic.com) Received: from SHANES by general1.consumersedge.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1458.49) id 29Y9CLWJ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:09:57 -0700 Message-ID: <031301bd68c2$c2ef51d0$1d43a8c0@shanes.personalogic.com> From: "David Shanes" To: "James Love" Cc: "chat@freebsd,org" Subject: Re: Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:03:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mr. Love, I would like to take a minute of your time to personally thank you and your organization for giving FreeBSD its well deserved look. Additionally, the fact that you are reviewing alternatives to a Microsoft world deserves thanks. I am confident that you will find it to be comparable to Linux in many ways and to outperform it in others. Also having a single source for all FreeBSD related documents, frequently asked questions and the operating system itself (http://www.freebsd.org) has strong merits that Linux cannot claim. Good luck with your efforts and may they come to fruition. I hope that the next personal computer that I purchase is bundled with FreeBSD. Sincerely, David _____________________________________________________ David Shanes 7535 Metropolitan Drive dshanes@personalogic.com San Diego, CA 92108 Database Developer (619) 220-5800 x228 PersonaLogic, Inc. (619) 220-5899 (fax) http://www.PersonaLogic.com -----Original Message----- From: James Love To: John Kenagy Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Linux as an alternative to Microsoft >John Kenagy wrote: >> >> Mr. Love, >> >> I appreciate your work and the lifelong efforts of Mr. Nader. >> >> However, there are other, and in my opinion, better options than >> Linux. I use FreeBSD (www.FreeBSD.org), a decendant of the Berkeley >> Unix. >Someone sent me the Walnut Creek version of FreeBSD..... and we are >going to try it out. Jamie > >> >> I beleive it to be more stable than Linux since Linux suffers from >> one of Microsoft's major flaws: trying to be everything to all. >> Linux also relies on development to come from several directions. >> Not a good thing - especially on a system you may make your living >> with. >> >> FreeBSD has a dedicated development team and a large group of >> volunteers who man the mailing lists, responding in their areas of >> expertise. >> >> The best news is that it is free. Or yu can purchase it from >> several major book chains for less than a Windows upgrade, with >> an excellent book by Greg Lehey , "The Complete FreeBSD". >> >> If you have questions, let us know! >> >> Keep up the good work, >> >> John Kenagy >> Austin, Texas > >-- >James Love >Consumer Project on Technology >P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 >love@cptech.org | http://www.cptech.org >202.387.8030, fax 202.234.5176 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message