Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 00:32:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph A. Mallett" <jmallett@xMach.org> To: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The desktop apathy Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105260029550.17093-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010525235249.038f8dc0@mail.threespace.com>
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Windows is good, but I learned how to use a computer on Unix, and my workstations are usually SGI's running IRIX or pc's running FreeBSD. Not because it's better than windows, but because it's where I am comfortable (though I use Windows quite a lot). People who think they are `sticking it to MS' are mistaken, anyway. The people who pirate thousands of copies of Windows are, not the people using alternatives. -- [ Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> ] [ http://srcsys.org ] [ xMach Core Team xMach: Proactively Unbloated Microkernel BSD ] [ FreeBSD, NetBSD, & xMach User; (Obj)C(++) Coder ] [ http://xMach.org ] -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d-- s+:++ a--- C+++ UB++++ P+++ L- E---- W++ N+ o-- K- w++ O M+ V PS+ PE- Y+ PGP++ t++ 5-- X+ R tv- b++ DI+ D--- G e* h! r% z+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On Sat, 26 May 2001, Technical Information wrote: > Sometimes I don't really see the point of this. Maybe my experience with > Windows has been exceptional, but it works well enough on the desktop. The > broad, easy availability of applications and the hardware compatibility > can't be beat. Throw in a good X Server, and even the UNIX applications > are just a telnet away. > > But did anyone out there really there start dabbling with UNIX (and FreeBSD > in particular) because he needed a better desktop? If so, I'd be surprised > to hear about it. Too often, the quest for the desktop seems to be > motivated by "stickin' it to Microsoft where it hurts" and "they got it, so > we need to take it from 'em." And with the .NET initiative, even Microsoft > has conceded that the desktop is not where the revenue/control of the > future lies. > > FreeBSD certainly has its strengths, but so does Windows. I don't really > see why they can't co-exist. They do on my desktop, and I'm pretty pleased > with the end result. > > --Chip Morton > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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