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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:29:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly)
Cc:        wes@softweyr.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is Linux leaving FreeBSD behind?
Message-ID:  <199806110229.VAA11699@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199806110143.UAA22523@nospam.hiwaay.net> from David Kelly at "Jun 10, 98 08:43:30 pm"

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David Kelly said:
> Wes Peters writes:
> > 
> > This months cover feature in "Embedded Systems Programming" magazine
> > is an article about embedding Windows NT.  Bleh.  What a ridiculous
> > way to make a living.
> 
> I wasn't interested so only scanned the article. Most of what I saw was
> very negative about using NT in an embedded application. Pointed out how
> many extra cost addons were needed to do all the little things one is
> supposed to be using an OS for. OTOH the only positive side to NT was
> the ability to use Microsoft's tools such as Visual Basic, Access, etc.
> That was a "positive"?
> 
Some people LOVE the MS development environment.  I really don't
though.  As my grandmother always says "whatever blows your skirt up" :-).


-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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