From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat May 2 18:56:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25766 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 18:56:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ninbox.ml.org (host77-33.airnet.net [209.64.77.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25714 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 18:56:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Received: from airnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ninbox.ml.org (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA00455 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:56:21 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <354BCEC4.7488008C@airnet.net> Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:56:21 -0500 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Absolutely None! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD versus LINUX References: <199805010330.WAA00565@darkstar.connect.com> <354b8c8c.300570838@mail.cetlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Kelly wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:30:41 -0500 (CDT), Frank Pawlak > wrote: > > >In answering the question as I did, I was trying to provide some > >information to persons that were switching from Linux to FreeBSD and > >asking for information on the differences between them, and quite > >frankly were given bullshit for an answer. > > I don't think so. Take of poll of all ISP's running either of the > two, and I think you'll find that the vast majority prefer FreeBSD > instead of Linux. My statement stands. "Amateurs like Linux, but > professionals prefer FreeBSD." I just returned from a 3rd-12th grade technology conference. I found Windows 95 in abudance. The machines that weren't running 95 were dual-booting (with LILO) to Linux. When commenting about FreeBSD, one person told me quite bluntly: "I'm not down with that FreeBSD shit." For those of you unaccustomed to the many ideosyncracies of the English language, he is saying that he doesn't like FreeBSD, and expresses no future interest in it. But his main point was being able to configure everything from X. What does he think this is Windows 95 or UN*X?! I *really* felt bad for not bringing my machine (with the numerous pics of Chuck. :)) What I saw when Linux was booting I did not like. It reminded me *too* much of DOS. I now firmly believe that Linux is the Windows of the UN*X world. flames >> /dev/null -- Kris Kirby ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message