Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:32:54 -0600 From: Quintin Riis <webmaster@countrypure.net> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Cc: FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The Linux Experiment Message-ID: <4016CAF6.5020409@countrypure.net> In-Reply-To: <4016C41E.5070402@Siemens.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20040124165448.01996f18@mail.threespace.com> <4016C41E.5070402@Siemens.com>
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I agree. :( BeOS, OS/2, there's lots of other stuff out there for IA-32. Quintin Johnson David wrote: > Chip Morton wrote: > >> Not FreeBSD related, but an interesting read from the perspective of a >> veteran Windows user turned UNIX newbie. >> >> http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113746,pg,1,00.asp > > > From the article: > > "I didn't want a Macintosh--for one thing, I didn't want to move to a > new hardware platform. That left me just one other choice: Linux." > > That a PC World editor only know of two operating systems for the x86 > platform is shameful. I could understand the average Joe on the street > thinking that there's only Windows and Linux, but an editor of a major > computer magazine? > > We really need to get the word out that FreeBSD exists. Before we can > get to the point of promoting its features, we need to promote its > existance! > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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