From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 17 09:42:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA02584 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:42:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA02578 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:42:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.7.5/8.6.9) id LAA22548; Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:42:06 -0500 (EST) From: John Dyson Message-Id: <199607171642.LAA22548@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Opinions? To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:42:06 -0500 (EST) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, dsiliceo@adam.es In-Reply-To: <199607171610.JAA05923@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Jul 17, 96 09:10:54 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > >I'm still trying to understand why people think they have to run NT. > >There are other options, like FreeBSD and OS/2. A lot cheaper and not > >made by Microsoft. > > > > Sure, *I* love Unix the best, and I'll be running a version of BSD > until they pry it out of my cold, dead fingers. But it's pretty > unrealistic to expect someone who's main job is to run a business, to > learn all the quirkiness of Unix. NT and OS/2 are just better > solutions than Unix for many of these people. And NT is a better > server product in so many ways than OS/2. Plus, NT is a better > business "workstation" OS than Unix because of all the business > applications it runs. > > I don't understand why people want to shoot themselves in the foot, > just because they have some religious problem with Microsoft. > This is one of the most lucid and rational comments that I have heard in a long time regarding the religious issues associated with Microsoft. Whether or not you "like" them, they are the best solution for alot of applications. Whether or not it makes any difference :-), I agree with you entirely. John