Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:51:22 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <1228733482.4495.14.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20081207121431.5dcb37f9@gom.home> References: <4be2da2e0812062344y26eddcc9sf589531d10c71a1c@mail.gmail.com> <20081207093713.O5433@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207082932.04a7cf16@scorpio> <11167f520812070853i3b6fa6dei6e5c71669416470@mail.gmail.com> <20081207191727.V1610@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207193517.GA20905@laverenz.de> <20081207121431.5dcb37f9@gom.home>
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On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 12:14 -0800, prad wrote: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:35:17 +0100 > Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de> wrote: > > > Who is "most freebsd users"? > > > i would think most are interested in running servers or routers or > possible scientific applications or engaged in os study and appreciate > its simplicity and consistency. > > i don't think it can compete with linux in terms of some of the bells > and whistles that the desktop offers, but imho, a lot of those bells > ring out of tune and the whistles result in sore lips. > The possibility here is the bells and whistles strangely enough DO work in tune and without sore lips... FreeBSD could be THAT good.
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