From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 2 12:40:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA11192 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:40:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA11096 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:38:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) Received: from gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.20]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <54989(3)>; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:38:23 PST Received: from gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (gnu [13.231.133.90]) by gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA12269; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 15:37:16 -0500 (EST) Received: by gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/client-1.3) id AA14235; Sun, 2 Nov 97 15:37:16 EST Message-Id: <9711022037.AA14235@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: Sue Blake Cc: Huang Min , FreeBSD Subject: Re: So, FreeBSD can't be a very popular OS, why? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:57:11 PST." Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:37:15 PST From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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