Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:38:19 -0700 (MST) From: Ryan Mooney <ryan@pcslink.com> To: dwilde1@thuntek.net (Don Wilde) Cc: rab@pike.cdrom.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <199903021738.KAA24155@pcslink.com> In-Reply-To: <36DC0BAF.A688F35A@thuntek.net> from Don Wilde at "Mar 2, 99 08:02:55 am"
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I would be nervous about toughting our lead in book based documentation. While there are some very good books that are applicable to FBSD there are a LOT of linux books out there (been to the book store lately - eek). Also a lot of the books listed on the FBSD web site are generic un*x reference (yes yes a lot contain BSD specific sections, but thats also relevant to OS's that emulate some *BSD functionality - like AIX). The handbook and the online docs are leaps and bounds ahead of the Linux howto cruft, but a weenie who walks into the book store will see 50+ linux books and no FreeBSD books. I feel that we need to be carefull to not fall into the unsubstantiated claims trap. > Other than that, looks very good, mostly diplomatic... I think the > overwhelming superiority of the BSD documentation from O'Reilly, A-W and > Prentice-Hall is a major point in our favor, at least for serious users. > Even the weenies benefit, because they know SOMEBODY out there's reading > the docs and writing good code. Linux has nothing comparable, and > Windows documentation just shows up its weak points for serious > developers. >-=-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-=-< Ryan Mooney Phone (602)265-9188 PCSLink ryan@pcslink.com Internet Services NT is an excellent choice for managers who need to show that they used up their fiscal year budget for hardware/software expenditures. <-=-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-><-=-=-=-=-=-=-> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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