From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 26 6:13:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1627D37B400 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:13:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.24cl.com (174.113.sn.ct.dsl.thebiz.net [216.238.113.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CAE443E72 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:13:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from MyRaQ@mgm51.com) Received: from ntmm (unknown [63.119.50.193]) by home.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC942B27E; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:13:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <200208260913480431.0442A8DD@sentry.24cl.com> In-Reply-To: <3D69DB91.2090607@mail.ru> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020824085010.00a8b118@popmail.eznet.net> <007c01c24b71$e4033bc0$0200000a@perimeter.co.za> <200208241106400665.006CE477@sentry.24cl.com> <3D69DB91.2090607@mail.ru> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (1) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:13:48 -0400 Reply-To: myraq@mgm51.com From: "MikeM" To: _pppp@mail.ru Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 8/26/02 at 11:41 AM dima wrote: >> I don't know if I'd go as far as your last sentence. I made the >> transition from Windows to FreeBSD a year ago (after nearly 20 years of >> using and admin'ing Windows). >well, windows only exists since 1985. i don't think you ever used a >version of ms windows before 3.x, especially 1.x one since it couldn't >work more than half an hour straight :) ============= Before the GUI version of Windows, there was a character-based version: - the first version with tiled "windows", it was released circa 1982 or 1983 (my memory is hazy). I was at the Plaza Hotel in NYC for the official announcement. - the next version of character-based windows had cascading and overlapping windows. That was circa 1983-84. I had been using Windows since then. But enough of this off-topic history.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message