Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 04:29:01 -0500 From: "Simara" <simara@mail.cyberlink.com.pe> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: FreeBSD Roadmap and Weak Spots - A regular SysAdmin perspective Message-ID: <02d001bff876$495b68e0$e4b601c8@southamerica.corp.microsoft.com>
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Hello my BSD fellows, Weird subject but this is my opinion and maybe of other users/admins as well: Lets start with the good/thumbs up department: 1. FreeBSD is the most centralized managed OS so far (BSD Ports centralized), no like other free or commercial operating systems, Linux is really a mess in the regular user perspective, maybe not for gurus or hackers but that's how I see it. 2. FreeBSD is a really stable OS, a really modular, easy to configure and setup (for a sysadmin of course!, not really for a home user yet, a graphical installation is on its way as we all read on this DL, maybe included in the 5.0 branch) 3. FreeBSD is maybe the most documented OS around, having a centralized handbook that is really good!, maintained as it should and has a lot of resources that are really managed like a commercial company (Ok I know, Linux doc project is good but there is no common manual to really get to know it, a lot of how-to's, and so forth. At least 80% of the questions asked in the DL are just pointers to the Handbook) 4. A good support for a free OS (This DL, but as an open DL there are people that could answer more politely to newbies, there are also the really amazing guys that save the day!) 5. A very portable and modular OS (Not as good as a mini kernel from my personal perspective, I love QNX, but it is really good indeed and if you glance at NetBSD it has almost been ported to Cell Phones or Regular desk calculators, just kidding) The Bad/Thumbs down department: 1. There is no roadmap of the OS, sorry if I didn't found it but if its there its really hard to find!, I've read most of the docs, website and so forth. (nobody really using the system knows what are the goals for the next release, what long term plans...), and that is REALLY a turn down from decision makers or people trying to invest, partners to support and companies to get involved. 2. FreeBSD (or maybe the complete BSD family) should get their own GUI built for BSD, I'm not saying that you kick Xf86 down the road, maybe have the opportunity to select either of them, but if this is accomplished you could get a lot of people on your backs congratulating and a lot of home users migrating, I personally love to have XF86 and a lot of flavors of window managers but enough is enough. With the new GUI we can all get rid of the comparison to Linux and other free OS (Just like www.AtheOS.cx is doing and it is in early development), maybe I'm wrong and there are people already doing this but this should be mentioned in the webpage or handbook or somewhere... 3. INNOVATION!!!!. Well *NIX has been here a long time, and you guys have make almost perfection from the heritance but there are no new stuff besides IPSec, Kerberos and IPV6 Support (I know Corba is there but to make corba really compatible is a real pain you know where, been there done that), and I really Like COM, ASP, and other things Microsoft has provided (That Corba and JSP and PHP and others have copied just fine). I know most of you guys don't like Microsoft, personally I think the 9x branch is a waste of time but NT or 2000 are good from my point of view (learning curve perspective), and please don't harass me respecting this point I made or you'll all look like Linux MS haters that is sometimes pathetic. Conclusion: Please don't hate me for what I tried to explain as crystal clear as possible, I may be wrong with most of this issues and I would like in that case a founded perspective, I really love the OS and it could hit the market prime time with a little extra effort (Kill that hackers-Only image) You are all doing a great job, making the best quality piece of software I've found, and I'm just trying to give a hand the best way I can: Feedback from the field and personal experience, I hope I will be able to do more for FreeBSD, and this is nothing personal and I'm not a MS follower, I just give my opinion from what I believe that could be wrong. Note: My employers may not have the same ideas I pointed in this E-Mail Sincerely, Alexandre Le Bienvenu Computer Enthusiast since age 6 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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