Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:16:41 -0700 (MST) From: Keith Davey <kdavey@gus33.homeip.net> To: Steve Kudlak <chromexa@ovis.net> Cc: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com>, Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, e v <ellen_venable@yahoo.com>, xep@pvorus.logy.org Subject: Re: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010271309010.19373-100000@gus33.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <39F9B97B.86763E5E@ovis.net>
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Steve Kudlak wrote: > > > "Victor R. Cardona" wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 01:04:03PM -0400, Tim McMillen wrote: > > > Some of the larger OEM's can start to offer Linux but that's all > > > they are likely to do soon because of the training costs involved. When > > > the mass market (even those that are savvy enough to handle a free unix > > > system) buys a computer they want it to be fully configured when they get > > > it. It would have to have X windows and KDE or Gnome installed > > > But then there is still th whole issue with M$'s strongarm tactics > > > below. > > > > Hell, I would be happy if I could just get a system w/o an OS. Oh well, > > I build my own anyway:-) > > > > Victor Cardona > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > I sortof agree. But there is dangrer in these fully configured systems from > people like Gateway and Dell. Dell I think will given you a congiured Linux. I > will say for Gateway that they have to this point been nothing BUT speedy and > prompt with their response and service. The acid test will come about when I > call and tell them I hate Pegausus Mail. mail and don't want to see it on > startup, nor several other things they and Uncle Bill feel are just the cat's > meow. SNIP Now I speak for my self, and base on expereance of what I have seen most other people do. Most computer "competent" people out there (aka enthusasts/poweruser) blow the preinstalled OS off the drive as soon as the get the box from Dell or such (or build it them selves, but some of us like the warrenty). Even if the OS that is going on to the platform is the OS that shiped with it. (Guilty of running a Win98 box I admit). Personaly I do not feel like getting invited to creat my new AOL or MSN account every time I start my system. Much rather install a base system and know what I got and where. However this trend seems to be dieing do to the factthat venders like Dell no longer ship the original OEM disk from Microsoft, but a "Recovery" disk that contains the Win98 CABS. Boot this baby and the firstthing you see is "Join AOL now!" I guess that is what happens when you dumb down computers enough. > > > > 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
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