From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 27 10:19: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C289137B719 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 10:19:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Rahul.Siddharthan@lpt.ens.fr) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f1RIJ3u79373 ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:19:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id TAA25001 ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:19:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:19:02 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: j mckitrick Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FINALLY, a cheap Unix box to compete with NT Message-ID: <20010227191902.O98921@lpt.ens.fr> Mail-Followup-To: j mckitrick , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010227124743.A68101@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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