Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:13:40 +0100 From: "Walter C. Pelissero" <walter@pelissero.org> To: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is distribution sinking? Message-ID: <15103.63012.350812.154664@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> In-Reply-To: <3AFFED74.A2EDE0C1@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <200105141406.PAA08601@pelissero.org> <3AFFED74.A2EDE0C1@Silver-Lynx.com>
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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
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