From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 16 17:22:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67CA516A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:22:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B69943D58 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:22:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 538101C000BB for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:22:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2D5281C000A2 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:22:41 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050216172241185.2D5281C000A2@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:22:40 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1053455065.20050216182240@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9bc3d91d804b3763ee925a656af7809d@chrononomicon.com> References: <77803d5ce17805187218b4cdfb6cc83d@HiWAAY.net> <762166945.20050215064015@wanadoo.fr> <1942537448.20050215184827@wanadoo.fr> <9bc3d91d804b3763ee925a656af7809d@chrononomicon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:22:42 -0000 Bart Silverstrim writes: > Um, no. OS/2 had the Presentation Manager layer on it for the GUI. Presentation Manager was an afterthought, once they realized how far they had gone astray. > True to a point. Just because you have a GUI as the primary interface > it doesn't mean that the OS *must* have crappy administration tools. True. But in the case of Windows, that's exactly the situation. I had to administer servers with pcAnywhere. Have you ever used pcAnywhere over a dial-up line? > Because we were discussing at that particular point Apple, their GUI, > their OS. OS X = Darwin + Aqua. Let's return to discussion of FreeBSD, then. > Then once again, they profit from them and continue to profit by their > recertification. If they bother to recertify. > They are human advertisements, they are MS > evangelists by proxy, they reinforce market position, and they are > brainwashed into MS-centric solutions for everything thus encouraging > more purchases by the companies they work for/in from MS. They are not brainwashed by MS. They were that way long before they became MCSEs, otherwise they would not have become MCSEs. -- Anthony