From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 24 08:12:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA15952 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 08:12:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from odin.visigenic.com (odin.visigenic.com [204.179.98.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA15942 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 08:12:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from VSI48 (vsi48.visigenic.com [206.64.15.185]) by odin.visigenic.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA12514 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 08:09:07 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970324081250.0096f3f0@visigenic.com> X-Sender: toneil@visigenic.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 08:12:51 -0800 To: questions@freebsd.org From: "Tim Oneil" Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 03:35 PM 3/22/97 -0600, you wrote: >So as I see it, it comes down to this: vote for the philosophy that >appeals to you. I use FreeBSD because I rely on my machine for many other >uses besides tinkering with operating systems. FreeBSD doesn't change the >world on me every 6 months. Linux is in constant change. New things are >showing up all the time. If you like tinkering with operating systems and >having things that used to work break, Linux may be your answer. If you >don't know Unix -- pick one and get started. You'll learn how to pick the >best choice. No matter which one you pick, it will be infinitely better >that Micros**t anything. This is why I chose freeBSD. When I knew I wanted to run an i386 unix system I did 6 months of homework, looking at freeBSD, Linux, and Solaris. In the end I chose BSD, largely for the values Jay outlined; stable code line. Its obvious the core team has made this a priority, and I think it shows. -Tim