From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 11 12:02:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA10395 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:02:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from casparc.ppp.net (casparc.ppp.net [194.64.12.35]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA10390 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:02:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernie by casparc.ppp.net with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0twDn8-000I8mC; Mon, 11 Mar 96 21:02 MET Received: by ernie.altona.hamburg.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #4) id m0twCpz-00000iC; Mon, 11 Mar 96 20:00 MET Message-Id: From: hm@altona.hamburg.com (Hellmuth Michaelis) Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs To: lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:00:55 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603111145.MAA14277@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Mar 11, 96 12:42:07 pm Reply-To: hm@altona.hamburg.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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. ------- ------- 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 -- Hellmuth Michaelis hm@altona.hamburg.com Hamburg, Europe (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nstall BSD ?