From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 12 21:36: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2BE237B405 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:36:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (contactdish.atkielski.com [10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBD5Znx38279; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:35:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <003701c18398$07091d30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Technical Information" , "Mike Meyer" Cc: "FreeBSD Chat" References: <20011211140107.A67653@FreeBSD.org><0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><01121010202100.00345@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><20011211144049.A14693@acidpit.org><20011211214943.A4489@tisys.org><15382.29599.349155.309028@guru.mired.org><20011211230257.A5157@tisys.org><4.3.2.7.2.20011212181551.015734a8@threespace.com> <15384.11772.363959.693167@guru.mired.org> Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air.. Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:35:46 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike writes: > Are you confusing "familiarity" with "relevant > skills"? No. Using Windows requires far less IT-specific skill than using UNIX, period. As a result, Windows is more prevalent on the desktop, and more suitable for it. At one time (and still today in some ways), the Mac was even more suitable for the desktop, but Apple priced itself out of the picture, and further damaged its position with other exclusionary practices (such as a desire to control all hardware and most of the software). > I have no idea what the "relevant skills" are > for "web browsing" and "e-mail". There aren't many. The point is that you only need the relevant skills to do these things on Windows or a Mac, but you need many other skills in order to do them on a UNIX system, unless you have a UNIX person to set everything up (and maintain everything) for you. > Um - could you tell me how to get a paned > window manager running on any MS-Windows > operating system? They're over 50% faster > than framed window managers for typical wm > applications. Since most desktop machines today are at least ten times faster than they need to be, this is a moot point. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message