Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:01:46 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: John Martinez <rolnif@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Most wanted Message-ID: <4049310A.1090902@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <3CA9695E-6F10-11D8-9CD3-000A959A1868@mac.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0403011839470.3269-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <9C6E1232-6EED-11D8-9CD3-000A959A1868@mac.com> <200403051728.21133.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <3CA9695E-6F10-11D8-9CD3-000A959A1868@mac.com>
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John Martinez wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2004, at 5:28 PM, Johnson David wrote: > >> ...There is no reason we have to hang our heads in shame whenever the >> Windows or Mac desktops are mentioned. While FreeBSD can't do >> everything the other guy can, don't forget that the other guy can't do >> everything FreeBSD with KDE/GNOME can. > > > I wasn't trying to bash FreeBSD at all. I think it's a great operating > system. Heck, the reason I even went Mac OS X was because of its BSD > foundation. > > I still think that FreeBSD and most of the UNIX and UNIX-like desktops > need a little more work to make them equal to the commercially > available applications on the Mac. IMO, Apple has done a great job of > bringing BSD to the masses, and the user will never even have to know > that there is a command line underneath it all. My family members use > Macs and they don't know a think about UNIX. Now if FreeBSD could do > that... > > -john > > Give 'em Apple's budget, and I bet it would happen ;-) Kevin Kinsey
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