Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:59:03 +0600 (ESS) From: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> To: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au> Cc: sporkl@ix.netcom.com, fengyue@bluerose.windmoon.nu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel config script Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906012055430.268-100000@jane.cgu.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <199905310721.RAA83305@mail.theinternet.com.au>
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On Mon, 31 May 1999, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: > +----[ Spike ]--------------------------------------------- > | > | a good enough job. I think this because in the end FreeBSD is going to > | lose to Linux if only from the sheer momentum of twenty million rabid > | Linux fanatics. And realistically, we aren't doing a damn thing about it. > > Technical discussions aside, I think that in reality, that it's that > fanaticism that will be Linux' undoing. There are already reports of > people switching from Linux to something else, because they got flamed/mail > bombed/etc for daring to do/try/mention something else. > > It's not easy for any commercial vendor to work in that type of environment. > > I think some of FreeBSD's long term strengths are that it is centralised, > and a willingness (from the userbase) to work with vendors to get applications > ported. The rabid zealots of the church of GNU are not likely to want to > *pay* for commercial applications on their free OS. It is not going to take > long for vendors to realise this. > > The FreeBSD community seems (to me) to be more commerically oriented, and > friendlier to commercial entities and even to 'competitors'. One success > story is all it will take to get other vendors interested -- vendors don't > really care about technically superiority, they want 'untapped markets.' sure, you are right. there's no available MapleV, Nagware F90, Pacific Sierra F90, Pacific Sierra HPF for Linux, but you can easy get them for FreeBSD. and do not forget there's no plans of releasing StarOffice, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Word Perfect for Linux. They all are available for FreeBSD though ! That's what people call 'commercially oriented' ! I've forgotten couple more applications, sorry... > > -- > Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew > The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton > ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig > PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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