From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 24 09:47:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA01323 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:47:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.nwlink.com (mail.nwlink.com [209.20.130.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA01314 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rlowepe@nwlink.com) Received: from rlowepe (ip225.usr4.usw.du.nwlink.com [209.20.133.225]) by mail.nwlink.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA08025 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000701bd6fa1$bd3c37e0$e18514d1@rlowepe> From: "Roger A. Lowe" To: Subject: What are you? Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:55:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6F67.0F73BDC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6F67.0F73BDC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been using a computer as a productivity tool for 20 years. Most = of the time it has been a benefit. =20 I am newly a user of the internet, and stumbled on to you through a link = from Washingtion University. =20 For years I have been frustrated with Microsoft DOS, and what seems to = me to be unnecessary complexity and obscurity. =20 If I understand what I am reading, Unix is a generic name for a group of = operating systems that does very much the same thing as MSDOS. You are = a volunteer organization that is maintaining and developing a = comprehensive form of Unix. Am I right so far? Next, I gather that at least in your opinion, FreeBSD Unix is more = stable, and more flexible than MSDOS, Windows etc. Am I still on = target? Finally, am I to understand that FreeBSD is compatible with any intel = cpu compatible computer, and with the existing internet, WWW or similar = computer interconnectivity systems? I hope all this is true. Maybe we do not have to be dependent on = Microsoft after all. =20 You would be very kind to respond to all this. =20 Thank you in advance. Roger Lowe rlowepe@main.net ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6F67.0F73BDC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have been using a computer as a = productivity=20 tool for 20 years.  Most of the time it has been a benefit. =20
 
I am newly a user of the internet, = and stumbled=20 on to you through a link from Washingtion University.  =
 
For years I have been frustrated = with Microsoft=20 DOS, and what seems to me to be unnecessary complexity and = obscurity. =20
 
If I understand what I am reading, = Unix is a=20 generic name for a group of operating systems that does very much the = same thing=20 as MSDOS.  You are a volunteer organization that is maintaining and = developing a comprehensive form of Unix.  Am I right so = far?
 
Next, I gather that at least in your = opinion,=20 FreeBSD Unix is more stable, and more flexible than MSDOS, Windows = etc.  Am=20 I still on target?
 
Finally, am I to understand that FreeBSD is = compatible with=20 any intel cpu compatible computer, and with the existing internet, WWW = or=20 similar computer interconnectivity systems?
 
I hope all this is true.  Maybe we do not have = to be=20 dependent on Microsoft after all. 
 
You would be very kind to respond to all this.  =
 
Thank you in advance.
 
Roger Lowe
rlowepe@main.net
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