Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:43:19 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Women in FreeBSD ( was Re: Is there a reseller program?) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.990209163924.14653A-100000@csd> In-Reply-To: <199902091255.HAA05945@pechter.nws.net>
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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Bill Pechter wrote: > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > > Yeah, I'm so manly I converted her. > > > > (From VMS to FreeBSD. To the best of my knowlege, she was not and > > is not a lesbian.) > > I've got one observation... > > > Interesting how many Ex-VMS types move to FreeBSD instead of Linux. > Anyone have any idea as to what that reason is... > > I've got mine -- the fact that VMS is an operating system rather than > a kernel and a different distribution. I don't think so. At least that's not my reason. I think it's a matter of market segment it aims at: VMS aims at servers that need to run without a crash for years, and that's what FreeBSD excels at as well. > > I've been very surprised how many current DEC-er-Compaq folks are > running Linux now. I suspect the Alpha support is the reason why. Guess so. They even market OS-less AlphaServers now as "Linux-ready" AlphaServers (see recent press releases/cutomer updates on www.digital.com). Perhaps when the FreeBSD/axp ports is in good enough shape they should be convinced to call these FreeBSD-ready??? > > Bill > (waiting for FreeVMS...) Or to make the money to pay for the non free one :-) > --- > Bill Gates is a Persian cat and a monocle away from being a > villain in a James Bond movie -- Dennis Miller > bpechter@shell.monmouth.com|pechter@pechter.nws.net|pechter@pechter.ddns.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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