Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:51:05 -0700 From: Mike Allison <mallison@konnections.com> To: "Stephen D. Spencer" <lists3@artorius.sunflower.com>, "'pechter@lakewood.com'" <pechter@lakewood.com> Cc: "freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: So, FreeBSD can't be a very popular OS, why? Message-ID: <01BCE365.7BBB5D50@ip185-199.konnections.com>
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"All the power and none of the responsibility" sounds like a Win NT slogan. Well I guess I did it the old fashioned way too... XENIX/AT (I've got those disks too, bill) Had to call SCO and they actually GAVE me the keys over the phone... (That was '87, though... : -> ) I had to learn it all as I went along. But I was INSTANTLY impressed by how smart the OS way and how much control I had over the machine. I'd be even happier if XENIX hadn't have been a Microsoft product... Yeah all UNIX are beginners OS, everyone is a beginner the first time they use one. If you can't support yourself, use something else, cause I guess you don't need it. -Mike ---------- From: Bill Pechter Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 5:20 AM To: Stephen D. Spencer Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So, FreeBSD can't be a very popular OS, why? I figured I'd just drop a short note -- and it turned into a retrospective. Hope no one finds this too boring. > On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Sue Blake wrote: > > > [...] > > If you want to do more with your computer, or if you want to really exploit > > the quality hardware you have, then you want a full, powerful and > > configurable system, like FreeBSD, Linux, etc. The next thing you need is > > someone to install it, set it up, and configure it to suit your needs. Then > > you'll want that person to come in and maintain it occasionally. > > All the power and none of the responsiblity :) >
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