From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 9 06:42:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA22590 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:42:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cs.Technion.AC.IL (csa.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA22584 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:41:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@cs.technion.ac.il) Received: from csd.csa (csd.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.8]) by cs.Technion.AC.IL (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id QAA14118; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:43:28 +0200 (IST) Received: from localhost by csd.csa (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA15333; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:43:19 +0200 Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:43:19 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron X-Sender: nadav@csd To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com cc: Wes Peters , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Women in FreeBSD ( was Re: Is there a reseller program?) In-Reply-To: <199902091255.HAA05945@pechter.nws.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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