From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 7 0:21:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-a.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.2.221.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91D6814EE6 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 00:21:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Received: from localhost (bsdx@localhost) by turtle.looksharp.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA33557; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 03:21:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 03:21:09 -0500 (EST) From: Adam To: Philip Jones Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix vs Win98 In-Reply-To: <38756EFC.FB3B1691@access1.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Straight and clear cut, the operating system you are looking for is Microsoft Windows NT. On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Philip Jones wrote: >Hello, I'm just a "consumer/lay person" using Win98. >I know that Win98 is just a "windows shell" over dos. >Unix I hear is a very stable integral system. >Do they make a "Windows" point & click Op. system, >which can accept popular program CD's... i.e. MS Office, >or Netscape, or WinFax Pro, Quicken? >Do they make a competitive Op. system for the consumer to use? >Or should I look to IBM OS2, for these features? >Or are there any other Op. systems which can perform like Win98, >but with more stability? >Thanks, Phil Jones > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message