Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 12:42:07 MET From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> To: hm@altona.hamburg.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs Message-ID: <199603111145.MAA14277@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> In-Reply-To: <m0tuk4h-00001OC@ernie.altona.hamburg.com>; from "Hellmuth Michaelis" at Mar 7, 96 7:06 pm
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> >> From the keyboard of Greg Lehey: > >> The current FreeBSD/Linux comparison is only part of a larger >> question: which operating system should I install on my PC? > > IMHO, the answer is pretty straightforward: Install the OS which solves > your problem _and_ for which you get the best support from someone nearby > with knowledge about it. Not a bad idea. > So it depends on the problem one has and the support which is "locally" > available - not on any features of any operating systems. > > Yes, i know it is oversimplificated, but .... Well, at a top level it's OK, but it's missing the point: *which* is the "OS which solves your problem _and_ for which you get the best support from someone nearby with knowledge about it."? Sure, I wasn't really addressing the second half of the question, but that's a valid point as well. Greg
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