From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 2 14:55: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E49B37B40E for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f92LsJ701973; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 23:54:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 23:54:19 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Scott Corey Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs to awake and come out of SERVER only market! Message-ID: <20011002235419.A1958@freebie.xs4all.nl> Reply-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <86g091pwzv.fsf@localhost.21stcentury.net> <3BBA363A.DC679B01@osef.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BBA363A.DC679B01@osef.org>; from Scott@osef.org on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:48:42PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:48:42PM -0500, Scott Corey wrote: Can we please take this thread to -chat? It does not add any value (to say the least) on -stable/ Wilko > For the past three (3) years I have used only FreeBSD for everything. > Why anyone would want to use something else is beyond my comprehension. > If it works great, and works stable, why not use it? > > BTW I run not only three web servers farms, but also we OSEF (Open > Source Education Foundation) have K-12 children using it in their public > schools. So wake up to the future, for it is here now. > > > Scott > > James McNaughton wrote: > > > > "Mit Rowe" writes: > > > > > I wouldn't use FreeBSD for a desktop if my life depended on it. > > > > Yet for me at home, FreeBSD _is_ my main desktop. I use WinXX for > > gaming only. > > > > > It's not what is was designed for, and quite frankly would likely take away > > > from the reasons it *was* designed for: a nice, solid, dependable and > > > reliable networked operating system. > > > > I can't speak for the designers, but I think it works just great for > > both uses. I have one machine running as an internet gateway/print > > server/database server/whatever else I think of server and one as a > > desktop for email/net surfing/writing/et cetera. > > > > A great strength of the system -- in my opinion -- is the flexibility > > available. You can configure it to suit your needs. So why exclude > > entire domains of use? > > > > The original poster appears to be a troll anyway, so I'm not getting > > upset. The core team and committers know what they're doing. -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message