From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 1 14: 1:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0AA37BE77 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:01:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 209-122-223-26.s26.tnt3.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.223.26] helo=beefstew) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.15 #2) id 13JjA1-0003d8-00; Tue, 01 Aug 2000 17:01:14 -0400 Message-ID: <000a01bffbfb$b1fc2c80$1adf7ad1@beefstew> From: "leegold" To: "Doug Young" Cc: References: <000b01bff0cb$f90fe8e0$57e17ad1@beefstew> <39749BDA.8E6A214B@acuson.com> <00a101bffbf9$f88f42b0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 17:01:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org SCO has the rep. of being the best documented - is this true? ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Young To: David Johnson ; leegold Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 4:49 PM Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view > I have a bunch of FreeBSD gateway boxes running > around the city and they have proved extremely reliable > and certainly more efficient than the few WinNT / Win2000 > ones .... however the problems I experience trying to figure > out every change to the system have me seriously thinking > of moving to SCO which at least comes with a proper > manual (ie with ALL the information one needs readily > available) From my experience, the lack of quickly available > config information is a major reason why many enterprise level > business stick with commercial O/S'es ... OK I know there are > places like Walnut Creek etc, but what about the countless > others who can't afford the problems associated with a product > with incomplete docs. > > As for the GUI stuff, few enterprise level businesses will accept > anything as poxy as KDE or Gnome (what bright spark had the > idea of putting that ugly great paw icon there) If I don't make the > move to SCO I'll be looking seriously at the CDE stuff for FreeBSD, > two things I certainly won't use are KDE & Gnome ... who needs to > be associated with the linux lunatic fringe !!!!! > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message