Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:37:11 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: Jamie Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.com>, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TheRegister article on Hotmail Message-ID: <200211221037.11131.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <200211221502.gAMF2a6a089963@catflap.bishopston.net> References: <20021121161453.GA69019_submonkey.net@ns.sol.net> <008501c2917a$ac643080$0a00000a_atkielski.com@ns.sol.net> <200211221502.gAMF2a6a089963@catflap.bishopston.net>
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On Friday 22 November 2002 07:02 am, Jamie Jones wrote: > > Conversely, though, converting from Windows to UNIX on the desktop is > > just as absurd as doing the opposite on the server, and the fact that > > many people try it anyway just proves that there are irrational and > > fanatical people on both sides of the fence. > > You were doing well up until then. > For some it may not be suitable, but I'm currently sitting here with over > 50 windows open on a FreeBSD X desktop, and its stable, and fast. I second that sentiment. I have FreeBSD at work and at home. Monday I had to boot into Win2K at work for ten minutes to schedule a meeting via Outlook Calendar. The rest of the week has been FreeBSD (and Solaris) only. Yesterday at home I booted into Windows to watch the LOTR:TT trailer on Quicktime. The rest of the week has been on FreeBSD. Both systems are FreeBSD 4.7, running KDE and OpenOffice. These are desktop/workstation machines, not servers. If I were a game player, then I might stick with Windows. But I'm not. All my web surfing, emailing, development, multimedia, painting and drawing, office "productivity", and solitaire needs are met in an environment that makes Windows look like a child's tool. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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