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Date:      Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:15:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday!
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009010705060.14474-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000901131856.A47895@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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> Is this just the evolution of the hardware and
> software markets?  Can/should anything be done about it, or is this shift
> both permanent and inevitable at this point?  If the jobs that only *nix
> could do are now accessible on M$ platforms, that does not bode well for the
> *nix workstation future.
> 
> (1) Is *nix destined to become just a server and otherwise
> behind the scenes OS (albeit the best)?

	Not if I can help it... I'll fight tooth and nail to keep that
from happening. :)

> (2) What, if anything, can be done besides requesting and then buying BSD
> native apps from developers?  And learning to write our own  :)

	Awareness of FreeBSD and Unix systems. If people don't know
they're there... they're not going to use it. Remeber most people are
victims of Microsoft's Propaganda/Advertising.... :(


					Rick



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