From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 29 10:01:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA14437 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:01:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ohm.ingsala.unal.edu.co ([168.176.15.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA14395 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:01:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unalmodem.usc.unal.edu.co (unalmodem17.usc.unal.edu.co [168.176.3.47]) by ohm.ingsala.unal.edu.co (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA11574; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:02:27 -0500 (COT) Message-ID: <34071408.BDD@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 11:25:12 -0700 From: "Pedro Giffuni S," Organization: Universidad Nacional de Colombia X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold [it] (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Korsten CC: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Rumors of the death of Unix have been greatly exaggerated... References: <199708242230.PAA13822@merchant.tns.net> <34039989.2770@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> <19970829011410.35329@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter Korsten wrote: > > Autodesk, are they still in business then? > Do you really think airplanes are designed with M$-Paintbrush ? :-) > > So, Pedro, get out of your ivory tower and check your facts before > you start making statements from other people's experience. There's > a world out there that's using these products. You may not like it, > but you can't get around it either. > I'm not making any statements, just quoting. I only have one suggestion; find out about the VALS (Values And LifestyleS) chart and see how it applies to your life. > I know I'm sounding like 'Amazing Discoveries' here. I'm not a > Microsoft advocate - far from that - but I think there's a lot of > either ignorance or blindsightness about this firm and it's products > in the Unix world. > BTW, I know you're not a Microsoft advocate, they usually don't subscribe to this lists, but remember M$ advocates never admit they are ;-). cheers, Pedro. > - Peter