Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 13:34:31 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: enough about linux and microshit Message-ID: <4.1.19981104133242.00b3a770@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981104054501.24590B-100000@freedom.cybertouc h.org> References: <4.1.19981104015045.00a8e540@genesis.ispace.com>
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At 05:50 AM 11/4/98 -0500, Lanny Baron wrote: > >> Except for your creative use of profanity, I must say, I'm inspired. >> >> We use our FreeBSD machine here for a ton of stuff, including my web >> servers and my DNS servers. >> >> People that have asked me to do work for them hold FreeBSD boxes that are >> running as PPP-Ethernet routers and Quake servers for BBSes. I must say, >> that's pretty damn good. >> >> Most of the perl scripts and other things like that are all built around >> the tools inside FreeBSD as well. I don't plan to change that, and if >> suddenly FreeBSD falls off the earth for some reason, I'm probably just >> going to say 'the hell with it' and find my dream career as a prostitute.. >> >> >> --- >> Drew "Droobie" Baxter >> Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) >> OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 >> http://www.droo.orland.me.us >> My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT >1998 > > > Finally, some really good things to hear for FreeBSD. The use of >profanity was just a release of total frustration to the garbage of linux >and micro$oft. We (FreeBSD users) are the people that can turn the hard >work and aspirations of the inventors/owners of the great platform they >have made for us, to a rocketing success. In my opinion FreeBSD is going >more towards the business community. A total welcome. > > I have just set a channel on the efnet (irc) for people who wish >to share idea's for commercial use of FreeBSD and its great possibilities. > >Thanks for your comments, >Lanny > Sounds good, definitely. If I had more of a commercial user base, I'd steer them a different direction, but most of the user base I have is in Education. Unfortunately the theory goes "If you want it, you've got to maintain it". Maybe sometime things will change where an interface could be installed to control the more important things via the web. People are paranoid of anything they can't point and click to. I guess I don't blame them, however point and click can format a drive just as bad a newfs or format C:.. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehelp
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