Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:21:49 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209112012550.1224-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20020911184754.GD3019@hades.hell.gr>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:47:54 +0300 > From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > To: Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org> > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's > > On 2002-09-10 23:53, Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org> wrote: > > I am writeing a paper on the diffrences of various Operating > > Systems. Mainly I am looking at Windows and Unix and Unix-Like > > operating systems, and Windows and Mac OS X. > > > > I am looking to gather information on how and why people choose an > > OS. I am also looking to gather information on why other OS's were > > not choosen. > <snip> > > Nobody can start listing differences, and include them all :-( > > At least, not without some help from you. You can probably find many > people willing to help you, if you start browsing the web sites of > those operating systems that you are interested in comparing, and then > build a questionnaire of some sort, that people can use to provide > answers to the specific parts of the various systems in question. > > I'm sorry if this isn't exactly quite helpful. > > - Giorgos > To define an appropriate opsys for a given user, you need to define the user first: * internet user (mail, www) * gamer * pro developer * home hacker/hobbyist * home office user or any combination of the above. *Then* choose an opsys for that user. Hell, for the first type any inexpensive appliance will do - they don't need the same box a hobbyist or developer does. For that reason (on such an appliance) the opsys should be free, small and almost irrelevant as long as it runs the www apps. On a standards-compliant internet, this is possible. Maybe someday we'll have one. A hobbyist, however, will want muscular hardware and one (or more ;-) flexible operating systems to run on it. To choose an opsys, you need to know the user's requirements. HTH - JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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