From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 9 17:56:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF57C16A419 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D7313C480 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 8975 invoked by uid 0); 9 Aug 2007 17:56:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (216.186.148.249) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 9 Aug 2007 17:56:14 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id 972E528425; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:56:14 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:56:14 -0500 From: David Kelly To: Reid Linnemann Message-ID: <20070809175614.GA12755@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com> <20070809140617.GB10705@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20070809185248.J71656@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20070809173032.GB12072@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <46BB4FE0.5060500@cs.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46BB4FE0.5060500@cs.okstate.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Convince me, please! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:56:16 -0000 On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 12:33:20PM -0500, Reid Linnemann wrote: > Written by David Kelly on 08/09/07 12:30>> > >On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 06:54:37PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>>For the best user experience, and Unix too: MacOS X. > >>a very little unix (few tools and kernel) + lots of bulky overhead ... > > > >Try it, you will find otherwise. The user interface works without > >hassle. MacOS X comes with more standard utilities than does FreeBSD, > >for instance procmail, fetchmail, sqlite3, Apache, php 4.4.7, ... > > Not that I'm against your argument that OS X is a good system, but since > when are 3rd party services standard utilities? What "standard utility" in FreeBSD didn't start somewhere outside of BSD? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.