From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 3 14: 5: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awww.jeah.net (awww.jeah.net [216.111.239.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9992537B423 for ; Thu, 3 May 2001 14:05:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jslivko@jeah.net) Received: from localhost (jslivko@localhost) by awww.jeah.net (8.11.3/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f43L4Di24120; Thu, 3 May 2001 16:04:13 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jslivko@jeah.net) Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:04:12 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" To: "Hays, Sam" Cc: "'Ember Talent'" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: What is BSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010503160344.T24094-100000@awww.jeah.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG www.freebsd.org/handbook/ should have a wealth of information. *EOD* ----------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan M. Slivko | e-mail: jslivko@jeah.net Sys. Admin, DataSyrgeINET | http://www.datasyrge.net Tech. Support, SimpHost | http://www.simphost.com IRC Oper, AsylumNet IRC | http://www.asylum-net.org ---------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD -- The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Thu, 3 May 2001, Hays, Sam wrote: > Is anybody else getting this tired message over and over? I > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ember Talent [mailto:etalent@bizjournals.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:53 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: What is BSD > > > Hey there, > > Well my question is just a general one I was wondering if you could explain > in laymans terms (someone who is familar enough to keep simple office tasks > and other programs running on a Windows based computer and knows how to > munipulate files in DOS) what BSD is and how it works? Also any tips you > can give me on what Linux is, (besides the "someone created it based off the > concept of Unix so it could be more afforadble than Unix which is so great" > line) would be appriciated. > > I currently sell classified advertising space in the Portland Business > Journal and one of my three catergories is technology. I know a lot about > it but not enough I find as my clients leave me in the dust when discussing > these things with me. > > Thanks for any time taken regarding my question. > > ~Ember~ > > Ember Talent - etalent@bizjournals.com > The Portland Business Journal > Phone: 503-274-8733 > Fax: 503-295-1130 > -------------------------------------------------------- > We've teamed up with MICROSOFT to deliver even > more in-depth news and services for business owners-- > Check it out: http://portland.bcentral.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message