Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 13:18:55 +0600 (NOVT) From: "Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru> To: Delmir Fernandes <delmir@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD must remail non-commercial at all (Was: Not enough information) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001061220580.7302-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <000801bf57c8$474e1b00$0200a8c0@enteract.com>
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Delmir Fernandes wrote: > Hi! > > I am a new Linux user and always listen to others saying that FreeBSD > is better and faster plus many large and well-known companies use > FreeBSD. If that is so... Why is Linux so much more popular? Why does > not exist enough (if any) documentation on FreeBSD? How can FreeBSD be What do you mean by documentation? There's great thing called Handbook, which is far more consistent and easy-to-read than those Linuxish HOWTO's that everyone writes -- handbook is much better since it's written in one style, and it is a Documentation Project indeed. Secondly, there are lots of tutorials; and what is really cool -- maillists and archives! I don't remember linux (any vendor) having one of those. Plus, don't forget man pages ;-)) > so much poor? From mine point of view FreeBSD is in the place where > it is because it's creators want so! > > FreeBSD would be in much better position if it were sold to the > masses, and not only a very few experts. From all the excuses you I'd *really* won't appreciate if FreeBSD were sold. To anyone. Moreover, it will loose quality if considering those-not-expersts people. It has nothing to do with proffesionalism of developers, that's just the way things go -- look at popular linux distros. > may have for making FreeBSD poor as it is (in content) the last > one should be money. We leave in a capitalistic world and looks like you > are trying to leave in a social/monetary communist world. Look at Software should be free. At least FreeBSDish ;-) Name implies, ya know ;-) > Microsoft... they are where they are not because their product is > better (actually, their products s$#&), they are where they are > because they target the masses. You can find the resources you need > there... in the masses. Macro$ux products suck because they are for masses -- this way, there is no need to write high-quality soft, since lamers won't bother, just make it nice-looking, easy-installable, and ship it with semi-decent office tools. That's it, and it will buy. So who cares that mustdies require reset pressings daily -- this kludge works for some weird reason, and they get money for it -- what else do they need? > The open source software amuses me, but I hate to see a GREATE OS like > FreeBSD left behind because someone decided to run against the wind. It's not left behind. It's not for lamers, which population is much greater than of experts, sorry to say this. > Life isn't perfect but it is great if we learn to adapt to it. I'd rather tried to change it to better, not to adatp to it. Well, I think that FreeBSD should be for experts and hackers only. Look at RedHat Linux -- it's getting popular by evil means for our community -- involving commercial software, selling it for money, vast advertisement.... Visit their website -- they're selling Professinal edition for $149.95! And those rumors (or maybe they are not just rumors) about bying BeOS and others? Seems that RedHat turning into another Mirco$oft. I bet this will _never_ occur to FreeBSD. It will remain absolutely free; still, if I had any decent amount of money, I would surely donated them to FreeBSD people, and they don't need to demand it. Those guys are probably the only ones who are real people with real values -- and this is great! ./danfe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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