Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:19:02 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FINALLY, a cheap Unix box to compete with NT Message-ID: <20010227191902.O98921@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010227124743.A68101@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 12:47:44PM %2B0000 References: <20010227124743.A68101@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> I have asked the question before, What can a workstation do that NT cannot > do these days? There wasn't much of an answer, or if there was, Unix was > still losing ground in those remaining fields. But this just might turn the > tables. Why, what can this workstation do that NT cannot do? A more interesting question to me is -- what can this workstation do that a FreeBSD PC can't do? It seems to me that one can get a comparably powerful machine for a lot cheaper in x86-land (ok, not 64 bit, but does that matter on the desktop?) and, between commercial unix and FreeBSD, I definitely know which I want on *my* desktop. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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