Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:00:55 +0100 (MET) From: hm@altona.hamburg.com (Hellmuth Michaelis) To: lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs Message-ID: <m0twCpz-00000iC@ernie.altona.hamburg.com> In-Reply-To: <199603111145.MAA14277@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Mar 11, 96 12:42:07 pm
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>From the keyboard of Greg Lehey:
> Well, at a top level it's OK, but it's missing the point: *which* is
> the "OS which solves your problem
i.e.:
Problem OS etc.
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Layout MAC - Quark
Database server UNIX - Sybase/Oracle/Informix etc.
Communication server UNIX
WYSIWYG wordproc Windows - Word
Spreadsheet Windows - Visicalc etc.
etc. etc.
> [...] _and_ for which you get the best
> support from someone nearby with knowledge about it."?
You still have a choice in the above list, i.e.: for layout purposes you can
get Quark also for Windows or you can run Frame under Unix. Now if you _know_
already someone competent who runs one of this programs under any one of the
OS'es mentioned and who is willing and able to help you, i would choose the
hard- and software he/she recommends.
First, find the (application) software (and people who give support) which
solves a given problem, then get the hardware/os combination to run it.
IMHO it's a mistake to fall in love with an OS, get the hardware to run it and
then eventually recognize that there is no (already written) software available
which solves the problem you once had.
When a customer calls for help, he don't asks for the most elegant way to solve
his problem, but for a fast cost effective way of solving it.
Now, _my_ private problem was, _i_ wanted the source for my operating system ..
hellmuth
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Hellmuth Michaelis hm@altona.hamburg.com Hamburg, Europe
(A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nstall BSD ?
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