From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Sep 1 7:15:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.aracnet.com (mail2.aracnet.com [216.99.193.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E3337B43E for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:15:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell1.aracnet.com (shell1.aracnet.com [216.99.193.21]) by mail2.aracnet.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e81EG1S03486; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:16:01 -0700 Received: by shell1.aracnet.com (8.9.3) id HAA16257; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:15:55 -0700 Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:15:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell To: j mckitrick Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! In-Reply-To: <20000901131856.A47895@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Is this just the evolution of the hardware and > software markets? Can/should anything be done about it, or is this shift > both permanent and inevitable at this point? If the jobs that only *nix > could do are now accessible on M$ platforms, that does not bode well for the > *nix workstation future. > > (1) Is *nix destined to become just a server and otherwise > behind the scenes OS (albeit the best)? Not if I can help it... I'll fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening. :) > (2) What, if anything, can be done besides requesting and then buying BSD > native apps from developers? And learning to write our own :) Awareness of FreeBSD and Unix systems. If people don't know they're there... they're not going to use it. Remeber most people are victims of Microsoft's Propaganda/Advertising.... :( Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message