From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 29 18:17:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 E6AAA37B41A for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:17:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (win.atkielski.com [10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fAU2Gwx05772; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 03:16:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <031601c17945$17860d10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Steve Tremblett" Cc: References: <15365.11290.211107.464324@guru.mired.org> <006101c17854$c6aa2570$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011129160209.D8122@sjt-u10.cisco.com> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 03:16:59 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve writes: > By that logic, since a wrench can pound nails > as well as a hammer, then the hammer should be > able to turn bolts as well, and therefore a > wrench is a hammer. Yes. Of course, a wrench doesn't make a very good hammer in practice. > All you have been saying here in recent weeks > (repeated ad nauseum) is that Windows has a > better desktop and FreeBSD is a better server. Over the past few days, you mean. It's surprising how many people seem eager or even desperate to prove me wrong--I thought that it was generally acknowledge that Windows makes a better desktop, and FreeBSD a better server. I wonder if I'd see the same irrational defense of FreeBSD if I suggested that it were a less-than-ideal toaster or washing machine; I suspect I would, particularly if the toaster or washing machine were made by Microsoft (a scary thought, it's true!). > Yes FreeBSD makes a better server, but contrary > to your unpopular opinion, most think that FreeBSD > makes a better desktop as well. The objective validity of an opinion is not a function of its popularity. And while the opinion that FreeBSD is better for everythin does not surprise me here, I think it would be best for advocacy of the OS to not exaggerate its applicability to real-world situations. Anyone who is misled into believing that he can replace Windows with UNIX by a UNIX zealot is going to be very discouraged by the reality, and might become permanently opposed to UNIX in any role--not good if he ever has to make acquisition decisions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message