From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 11 9:15: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB86837B400 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:15:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net (dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net [65.194.254.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C7F043E4A for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:15:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dragoncrest@voyager.net) Received: from works (works.jasnetworks.net [192.168.0.2]) by dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net (8.12.3/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8BGRPc1068887; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:27:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dragoncrest@voyager.net) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20020911122201.00a37390@pop.voyager.net> X-Sender: dragoncrest@pop.voyager.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:23:50 -0400 To: Bob Bomar , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Lord Raiden Subject: Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's In-Reply-To: <20020911035308.GA90385@peitho.fxp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG A good place to ask about stuff like this would be the Sudhian forums. "forums.sudhian.com" They've got a ton of people there that ought to be ale to answer a lot of good questions for you. Just FYI if you were interested. At 11:53 PM 9/10/02 -0400, Bob Bomar 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. > >Any opinions are appreciated. > >In my opinion, as a server, FreeBSD is a great choice. >It is fast, reliable, and very well built. But as a >desktop choice, it leaves a little to be desired. >Windows, IMHO will remain a main desktop choice for >a long while, but I do belive that alternative OS's >such as FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux, and other will become >more and more popular. As I have been going through >a UNIX course at a local college, I have come to >appreciate Solaris. > >I appreciate any comments that any one has to offer. > >Thank You. >-- Bob > >-- >/----------------------------------------------------------------\ >| Bob Bomar bulldog@fxp.org http://www.bomar.us/~bob | >|================================================================| >| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.freeBSD.org | >\----------------------------------------------------------------/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message