From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 03:35:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B5C16A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:35:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC9143D46 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:35:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 3C2B51C00088 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:35:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 1EF2D1C00087 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:35:05 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050218033505126.1EF2D1C00087@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:35:04 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1843923725.20050218043504@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050217123248.E42152@knight.ixsystems.net> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B03@mvaexch01.acuson.com> <128456842.20050217185105@wanadoo.fr> <2810734464.20050217192707@wanadoo.fr> <20050217123730.O79252@makeworld.com> <224383192.20050217213351@wanadoo.fr> <20050217123248.E42152@knight.ixsystems.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.7: Re: Instead of freebsd. com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:35:06 -0000 Matt Olander writes: > FreeBSD and others make for an excellent desktop operating system once a few kinks > have been worked out. Apple and Microsoft make excellent desktop operating systems that work exactly as-is. Conversely, Apple and Microsoft make excellent server operating systems, once a few kinks have been worked out. FreeBSD makes an excellent server operating system that works as-is. Do you see the difference? > There are many examples of large organizations replacing Windows with an > opensource operating system for their desktop deployments. There are also many examples of companies trying to do so and then giving up and going back to Windows, usually because they feel for the hype but didn't investigate enough before making the attempt. -- Anthony