Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:55:32 -0700 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" <ulf@Lamb.net> To: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu>, "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>, Craig Shaver <craig@progroup.com> Subject: Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES Message-ID: <960720115532.ZM1627@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> In-Reply-To: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu> "Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES" (Jul 20, 2:35pm) References: <Pine.3.91.960720143207.642C-100000@zaxxon.cs.odu.edu>
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On Jul 20, 2:35pm, Jamie Bowden wrote: > Subject: Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES > On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > > > NT is not a bad OS, it's not > > >my prefered OS. It reminds me of NeXT in serious way : better hope your > > >GUI doesn't ever get screwed, cause if it does, so do you. > > > Well, I've had XFree86 crash or hang my NetBSD machine more than once, > > so I guess that goes for a lot of systems... ;-) > > Um, no....I can boot my freebsd, netbsd, solaris, irix, etc. box to a > usable command line. NT has a command line, but you can't boot to it (if > memory is correct), and neither does NeXT. NeXT is kinda neat. Except > for that whole 'GUI, GUI, and nothing but GUI' thing. You can boot NeXT to a command line, sure. single user mode. > > Jamie > > I have my finger on the pulse of the planet. > >-- End of excerpt from Jamie Bowden Ulf. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204
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