Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:01:26 -1000 From: Robert Marella <hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.3: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... Message-ID: <1108180886.46376.41.camel@p4> In-Reply-To: <420D7939.6000909@incubus.de> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AE6@mvaexch01.acuson.com> <420D669A.20000@incubus.de> <1108179120.46376.27.camel@p4> <420D7939.6000909@incubus.de>
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On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 04:34 +0100, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Robert Marella wrote: > > >>MacOS X is the "Desktop BSD". It is available today, and it works > >>better than anything else at being a "desktop". > > Does it work on my intel hardware? > > And your point is..? > > mkb. Market share! What percentage of the desktops are intel/AMD based? If MacOS X is _THE_ Desktop BSD, can it be ported/converted to the majority of the installed desktops? If not, can someone/some_company/some_group do to intel/AMD desktops what Apple did to MacOS X? I know the driving force of FreeBSD is toward servers. Apple was able to make it a desktop OS. I like it as a desktop OS on my intel hardware but I have a lot of time to spend. Even with the time, I still can't get everything to work as I would like. If it was a better desktop OS more people would notice it and would recognize the name FreeBSD. When I tell most people that I do not use MS Windows, I get a blank look and then they ask what I do use. I usually say I use a form of UNIX called FreeBSD. The first thing out of their mouth is, "Oh, Linux!". I then go on to tell them about FreeBSD as their eyes glaze over. That's my point! Robert
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