From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 24 9:24:58 2002 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 C954F37B400 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 09:24:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from as9-2-1.bi.s.bonet.se (as9-2-1.bi.s.bonet.se [217.215.7.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D3843E4A for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 09:24:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Received: from intersonic.se (magnolia.h.inter-sonic.com [192.168.2.2]) by as9-2-1.bi.s.bonet.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C814967C4; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:57:48 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <3D67ACFC.8070209@intersonic.se> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:57:48 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020801 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: myraq@mgm51.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, ceo@FisherAircraftCorporation.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020824085010.00a8b118@popmail.eznet.net> <007c01c24b71$e4033bc0$0200000a@perimeter.co.za> <200208241106400665.006CE477@sentry.24cl.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG MikeM wrote: > On 8/24/2002 at 3:26 PM Patrick O'Reilly wrote: > > >>... >>And be prepared to embark on a relatively steep, but enjoyable, >>learning curve. Open Source system are not for the >>faint-hearted :) > > ============= > > > I don't know if I'd go as far as your last sentence. I made the > transition from Windows to FreeBSD a year ago (after nearly 20 years of > using and admin'ing Windows). Yes, there is a steep learning curve > because things in FreeBSD are different than Windows. But after a few > weeks, the concepts started falling into place, and the underlying > logic and architecture became evident. From that point on, it was more > like filling in the gaps than facing a steep learning curve. > > Looking back at the past year, I can say that the architecture and > design of FreeBSD make more sense to me than Windows ever did. > > YMMV Very well put. I have had about exactly the same experience and have not ever, even for a second, regretted the switch. Not everyone wants to do it all be themselves however, why not look at http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/consulting.html too see if someone may suit you. Good luck, /per olof To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message