Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 06:29:47 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSD Question's. Message-ID: <20051225142947.95774.qmail@web33309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051225135429.GA26359@lothlorien.nagual.st>
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--- dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> wrote: > On 24 Dec Danial Thom wrote: > > Schwab Streetsmart > > Accounting Software (CA) > > Quicken > > Photoshop > > Adobe Acrobat (for creating PDFs) > > > > Those are the ones I use daily. Surely there > are > > some half-assed alternatives for some of > these, > > but if I have to use something inferior to > use > > FreeBSD then thats a point against it. > > NO. It's not a point against the OS. It merely > demonstrates why lots of > people stay with windows. NOT because the OS is > better, but its support > by *third party soft-hardware* is better. > > Windows itself (the OS) is worse than FreeBSD > (imho). Those 3th party > people are responsable for the leading role of > microsoft. > Not MS itself. > > I'm convinced (though not proven yet) that the > software you mentioned > above will run on FreeBSD (if ported natively > to the OS) at least as > good, but I guess even better, then it does on > windows. "worse" and "more useful" are different criteria. A harley davidson may be a better built machine than any given SUV, but its not as practical or useful. Its usefulness is limited to enthusiasts and those with disdain for society, much like the un*x desktop. __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
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