From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 27 15:51:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D515637B417 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:51:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from 66-44-69-153.s407.tnt8.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com ([66.44.69.153] helo=sten.alder.net) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #10) id 16JkIi-0006jL-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:51:04 -0500 Received: by sten.alder.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:50:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:50:02 -0500 From: "Bob Hall" To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX Message-ID: <20011227185002.A619@starpower.net> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <1009413895.49812ff2Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> <005901c18e9e$9edcc510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <005901c18e9e$9edcc510$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 07:20:46AM +0100 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 On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 07:20:46AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > The real answer, like it or not, is to keep your mother and sister on > Windows. Just because you may prefer FreeBSD doesn't mean that everyone > around you has to prefer it as well. My brother and I have just gone through this with my Dad. In a situation where the maintainer and the user are different people, the best solution is to use the OS that the maintainer prefers to maintain. The maintainer will provide better maintenance and instruction, and the user will have a more reliable and easier to use system. In the long run, the user will prefer the system the maintainer prefers. Bob Hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message