From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 10 20:53:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E052237B400 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from peitho.fxp.org (peitho.fxp.org [209.26.95.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FE643E6A for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:53:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bulldog@fxp.org) Received: by peitho.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1206) id 62311136FE; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:53:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:53:08 -0400 From: Bob Bomar To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Windows as opposed to Other OS's Message-ID: <20020911035308.GA90385@peitho.fxp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zhXaljGHf11kAtnf" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am writeing a paper on the diffrences of various=20 Operating Systems. Mainly I am looking at Windows=20 and Unix and Unix-Like operating systems, and Windows and Mac OS X. =20 I am looking to gather information on how and why people choose an OS. I am also looking to gather information on why other OS's were not choosen. Any opinions are appreciated. =20 In my opinion, as a server, FreeBSD is a great choice. It is fast, reliable, and very well built. But as a=20 desktop choice, it leaves a little to be desired. =20 Windows, IMHO will remain a main desktop choice for a long while, but I do belive that alternative OS's such as FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux, and other will become more and more popular. As I have been going through a UNIX course at a local college, I have come to=20 appreciate Solaris.=20 I appreciate any comments that any one has to offer. Thank You. -- Bob --=20 /----------------------------------------------------------------\ | Bob Bomar bulldog@fxp.org http://www.bomar.us/~bob | |=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D| | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.freeBSD.org | \----------------------------------------------------------------/ --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9fr4k9Jm/aTrtdKoRAuBaAJ9je9fEH6aw9CUvFnzZE5j+XahypQCfV+P7 UiYdtv1629VluZIEBkMK/lo= =Qpbi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message