From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 3 14:56:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D5B37B405 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:56:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish ([10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g33Mtjr67575; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:55:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <00c801c1db62$baa46b20$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Mike Meyer" Cc: "Randall Hamilton" , References: <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr><3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com><20020402123254.H49279@lpt.ens.fr><009301c1da83$9fa73170$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15530.6987.977637.574551@guru.mired.org><012601c1dadb$104d5100$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15531.2846.277278.29276@guru.mired.org><005e01c1db44$e10d2a40$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15531.27851.19169.720598@guru.mired.org><001301c1db55$7c883950$0301a8c0@NITEDOG><009201c1db5e$41b1baa0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.33743.830853.456500@guru.mired.org> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:55:46 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike writes: > Sorry, but if you make an objective evaluation, > Windows *sucks* as a desktop. I'd be happy to examine such an evaluation. Show me one. My own evaluations show the opposite. > It forces you into the click-to-type model > for window management, which is the least > efficient model of the common models. It has other advantages that more than compensate for this. > If you're willing to invest a little time > learning something radically different ... I'm not. I have other things to do, things for which I require the PC as a tool, not as a keen, geeky toy in itself. It is not cost-effective for me to invest any time in learning something radically different, from a business standpoint. > ... you can shave a *lot* of actions - and > thus a lot of time - off those tasks. And how much additional revenue will this bring in? > Of course, anyone who can set aside their > biases will realize that going to something > radically different isn't always a good idea, > and following the path of least resistance > - Windows - may be the right solutions for > some people, even if that path does suck. Correct. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message