Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:16:58 -0500 From: "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <20060118001849.43A3943D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <43CD86D9.401@u.washington.edu>
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>That or the user(s). Microsoft doesn't write any sound card drivers, they make >>>manufacturers do it then pay and beg to be included on the master distribution >CD/DVD. >For a device to work in FreeBSD someone who wants it bad enough to do the work has >to have the skills and want it bad enough to do it. Of course "wanting" is no >small part of how such skills are developed. >Someone has an unsupported sound card with a Linux example. All the tough details >about the hardware are spelled out in the Linux driver. >Plenty of FreeBSD drivers have been ported to Linux and vice versa. Still Microsoft has the upper hand! How about this for an idea, sponsored drivers ? Why not allow such service that if an organization or individual wishes to have a driver written they can sponsor a FreeBSD developer to do it? > Where did you read that about Vista? I've seen the beta > versions of Vista and they all require cadillac machines with > spiffy OpenGL cards, etc, in order to function without a lot > of lag and hiccups. And when you turn all the bells and > whistles off, Vista is nothing more than a graphics enhanced > versions of XP with additional security features, such as > required administrator logins, etc like Unix has been doing > for years and Mac has been doing for a while. Windows Vista > will no doubt require lots of RAM in comparison to XP because > the developers/business team will add more features than > users can shake a stick at. Yet, sadly enough I do not deny > the fact that Windows is required given the software > development model and noting where the money lies in software > and hardware support. Heck, if Windows didn't exist I doubt I > would have a job =D. > -Garrett Sorry, I wanted to mean LongHorn server, not the desktop version, for info about windows non-gui: http://www.entmag.com/reports/article.asp?EditorialsID=93
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