Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:01:49 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <00bd01bffc04$20562b10$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> References: <000b01bff0cb$f90fe8e0$57e17ad1@beefstew> <39749BDA.8E6A214B@acuson.com> <00a101bffbf9$f88f42b0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <000a01bffbfb$b1fc2c80$1adf7ad1@beefstew>
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SCO docs are certainly the best I've come across ..... unlike open source stuff ALL the info you need is readily available in one place .... dunno if SCO is as stable as FreeBSD but at least the issue of installation / configuration of something different isn't the command performance it typically is with FreeBSD. The OZ distributors run "Quarterly Business Briefings" and usually have plenty of free copies of the manual / media packs etc to give away so one doesn't need to spend the $120 odd that bookshops ask for the thing. I'm really impressed with the reliability of FreeBSD, however the difficulty experienced in getting unfamiliar stuff working due to the dreadfully inadequate explanations provided in available docs is frustrating me to the point where I'm seriously considering a move to SCO. ----- Original Message ----- From: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 7:01 AM Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view > SCO has the rep. of being the best documented - is this true? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> > To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>; leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com> > Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > 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
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