Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:21:33 +0200 (MET DST) From: John K <john@volvo.se> To: "Mark L. Holloway" <mlholloway@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows NT Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.990527110104.5117A-100000@nike.volvo.se> In-Reply-To: <19990526235355.10031.rocketmail@web505.yahoomail.com>
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Hi Iīm quite new to Unix, and i think you may not notice the difference between different OS:es untill you try them. For example, when i sometimes run W95 i tend to get extremely frustrated because in almost every session computer freezes or displays an error message. Now since iīve been lucky to try FreeBSD (i actually feel lucky to run it. itīs not just some BS i write) i *know* that it is possible to have a computer that runs like a clock. my personal best uptime is (sofar) over 30 days, which i know isīt too impressive to other users, but comming from the MS world it is! (manual reboot, changing graphic cards :) I also run RedHat 6.0 on another machine and i like it too. Iīt a tad more "user friendly" than FreeBSD, but i actually had it crash two times (but im running the 2.3.0 kernel i believe is a "development version" so it could have something to do with that) I mainly switched to another Operating sytem, because i was tired of Windows (NT and W9x) and wanted to learn more about computers and OS:es, and Iīm very glad I did NT is more stable than 9x, but itīs still Microsoft, so i felt I was still "limited" It has been a very interesting 6 months running FreeBSD and Linux. Now i tend to favor FreeBSD for the stability, it may be a little more troublesom to install software (at first) on a Unix box than a windows machine, but man, once itīs running it could litterary run for years. Good luck, and give FreeBSD a try i donīt think you will regret it ;) br John On Wed, 26 May 1999, Mark L. Holloway wrote: > > I'm not trying to start a flame war..I am just curious. If NT is as > horrible of an OS as everyone claims then why do web sites like > Barnes and Noble, Ebay, CDW, and BuyComp (among others) use it? > > I'm not trying to praise NT - just wanting some information > explaining why people should choose one OS over another. > > > Regards, > Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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