From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 20 18:51:18 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id SAA01845 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 20 Aug 1995 18:51:18 -0700 Received: from aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw ([140.109.40.248]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA01826 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 1995 18:51:09 -0700 Received: (from taob@localhost) by aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw (8.6.11/8.6.9) id JAA28774; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:50:41 +0800 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:50:39 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao To: dennis cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in a Windows World In-Reply-To: <199508201613.MAA01700@mail.htp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 20 Aug 1995, dennis wrote: > > I don't care how cool unix is, but you're not going to get me to > switch my DTP system with PageMaker, PhotoShop, 3D rendering, support > for every printer conceived, etc. to XWINDOWs or WINE. Ever. Not in > my lifetime. FreeBSD and DOS/Windows are about as far away from each other in OS space as you can get, and they currently serve two very different markets. I don't care how many people run Windows, you're not going to get me to switch my ISP services with its robust multitasking, multiuser, integrated network transport layer, zillions of free applications with source, etc. to Windows '95 or or OS/2. Ever. Maybe near the end of my lifetime. ;-) -- Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org