Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 07:30:59 -0700 (MST) From: Keith Davey <kdavey@gus33.homeip.net> To: James A Wilde <james.wilde@tbv.se> Cc: "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010260727080.15820-100000@gus33.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <NEBBLHNJHLFCJGCBFDKIKEIGCBAA.james.wilde@tbv.se>
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, James A Wilde wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Zaitsau, Andrei > > Sent: den 26 oktober 2000 00:52 > > To: 'ALAOUI EL HASSANI ALI' > > Cc: 'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG'; 'djohnson@acuson.com'; > > 'vcardona@home.com'; 'kdavey@gus33.homeip.net' > > Subject: RE: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD > > > > > > Okay.. I hate doing this again. > > But what makes the Computer manufacturers not to ship computers with > > preinstalled FreeBSD on it, it has no licenses, it's free, it's > > very robust > > and reliable OS. They don't have to waste money on commercial OS then... > > One more time, people won't buy those computers then, because FreeBSD will > > be too complicated to them. > ---SNIP--- > Within the last two days I have seen comments - in -questions, I think - > speaking denigratingly of cluttered KDE and Gnome windows. Out there in the > real world, clutered windows are the thing. In here, computer internals are > fun and the cli is the thing. Windows are for wimps. I seem to remember > that the word 'wimp' is an anacronym derived from Windows, Ixxx, Mouse and > Pull-down menus. I don't remember what 'I' stood for - Interface, perhaps. The "I" Stood for "Icons" ---SNIP--- > > Just my $0.02. > > mvh/regards > > James > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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