From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 14 8:17:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smarthost-1.mail.telinco.net (smarthost-1.mail.telinco.net [212.1.128.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BED637B422; Mon, 14 May 2001 08:17:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wcp@pelissero.org) Received: from smtp1.cluster1.telinco.net ([212.1.128.150]) by smarthost-1.mail.telinco.net with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14zK5R-000CvY-00; Mon, 14 May 2001 16:16:41 +0100 Received: from daemon.lpds.sublink.org (ppp-2-196.cvx2.telinco.net [212.1.141.196]) by smtp1.cluster1.telinco.net (8.11.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id f4EFH9d56014; Mon, 14 May 2001 16:17:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from pelissero.org (hyde.lpds.sublink.org [10.0.0.2]) by daemon.lpds.sublink.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA49498; Mon, 14 May 2001 16:03:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from wcp@pelissero.org) Received: (from wcp@localhost) by pelissero.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA08871; Mon, 14 May 2001 16:13:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from wcp) From: "Walter C. Pelissero" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15103.63012.350812.154664@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:13:40 +0100 To: Don Wilde Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is distribution sinking? In-Reply-To: <3AFFED74.A2EDE0C1@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <200105141406.PAA08601@pelissero.org> <3AFFED74.A2EDE0C1@Silver-Lynx.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 13) "Crater Lake" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: walter@pelissero.org X-Attribution: WP Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Don Wilde writes: > I concur that there have been distribution problems, but that's not > a good basis on which to choose your operating system. If you > choose your OS due to the availability of CDs, might I suggest that > you also look at a wonderfully-well packaged product from a company > called Microsoft? It's available everywhere, and millions of > people all over the world think it's the greatest thing since the > invention of the Big Mac. ;-) I might have been misunderstood. With my statement I didn't want to say that FreeBSD is a bad OS because not well distributed elswere than within the US. As I said it's not a technical issue that made me think about switching OS, but simply the unavailability in the place I happen to live (London). This doesn't involve any opinion on the quality of the OS itself. Regarding the choice. Well, it seems to me that I can't choose a Porsche if I don't have the money to buy one, even if I belive it's the best car in the world. Likewise I can't choose an OS that is not available. Therefore, even if the basis of my choice is technical, I have to face practical reality to have it realized, or I just keep on wishfully thinking. Downloading the CDROM images is unfortunately not an option for me. I belive it's the same for the majority of the distribution subscribers, or there would be no point in buying the CDs in the first place. -- walter pelissero http://www.pelissero.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message