Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:37:15 PST From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Huang Min <hmin@public.cq.sc.cn>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: So, FreeBSD can't be a very popular OS, why? Message-ID: <9711022037.AA14235@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:57:11 PST." <Pine.LNX.3.95.971028142629.13288A-100000@zipper.zip.com.au>
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Sue blake wrote: > > >On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Huang Min wrote: > >> Hi, sirs, >I guess that includes me :-) > >> Can any one tell me why FreeBSD can't be a very popular OS? What's its >> weakness to other UNIX OS? And what's its weakness to DOS-WINDOWS OS? > >Here's my impressions, probably others will disagree. > >With a unix style operating system, basically you are a user who needs to >employ a system administrator, or make other arrangements. >When this is your own computer at home, you have to be both user and >administrator to yourself. > Hmmm...I recently read a column in a freebie magazine that a "power user" should wipe his disk clean and reinstall every 3 months, since it seems I suppose you can use much less talent to fix DOS systems because usually you can't -- you just reinstall... marty
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