From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 16 12:50:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08777 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:50:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08772 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:50:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA05873; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:46:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA15232; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:30:59 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.1/8.6.9) id PAA00833; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:47:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:47:17 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199812162047.PAA00833@lakes.dignus.com> To: chen6178@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD is better than WinNT? please give me ten reasons. In-Reply-To: <199812161940.LAA22594@law-f100.hotmail.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Hi, > > I'm currenlty using FreeBSD. My advisor prefers WinNT, > I telled him to try FreeBSD, but he asked me: > "Why FreeBSD is better than WinNT? give me ten reasons > and I will try it?" I don't know how to answer, > would anyone tell me, thanks. > > Regards, > Albert Perhaps your answer (a little facetious) should be "Give me 10 good reasons to keep you as an advisor" A long time ago; whenever any of my college advisors forced me to use a particular hardware/software solution; I asked for some very good reasons... and then usually talked them out of it. Now, you're advisor may have really good reasons for using Windows (like, making checking assignments easier, particular software he wants to use, etc...) but, if those don't apply; then you should be free to use whatever you want... as long as your work gets done on time. Just my opinion - - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message