Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 14:57:37 +0000 () From: Keith Leonard <root@myplace.org> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: MaryAnn Greco <maryanngreco@worldnet.att.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do I Have a Need Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970727145253.173A-100000@myplace.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970727153609.007aab90@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>
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Sorry, but your analogy is wrong. Mercedes may ride smoother and look cooler but they spend alot more time in the shop and cost alot more to repair. VWs are dependable, hardworking and get you where you want to go - with minimal cost and time. IMHO VWs and FreeBSD are both hardworking, dependable, and will be around a lot longer than Windoze. BTW - I drive a `74 Bug and let the wife drive the new Mercedes (she likes windoze95 too) Keith kleon@bellsouth.net ----------------------------------------------------------- Webmaster - http://www.rexart.com - Rex Artist Supplies ----------------------------------------------------------- If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Jason Wells wrote: > >I am on ATTWorldnet, with Yahoo! and Netscape and Microsoft95, is there > >a need or advantage for me to have FreeBSD. > > > >I use a 200MH and 64ram home computer for business, pleasure, and > >creative arts. > > This is best addressed on the website. Allow me to give you my $.02. > > What kind of car would you rather drive for business, a volkswagen or > mercedes? What kind of car would you rather drive for pleasure, a > volkswagen or a mercedes? > > If you answered mercedes, then FreeBSD may be for you. Beware! You cannot > get a mercedes without making a large investment. FreeBSD requires that you > learn alot about UNIX in a short period of time. > > The nice thing about the mercedes is that it doesn't break. FreeBSD will be > running long after your winbox crashes and crashes and crashes again. > > The nice thing about a volkswagen is that it doesn't require a large > investment to get started. If you can't do without the familiarity of > win95, then FreeBSD may not be for you. The bad thing about win95 is its > propensity for stalling on the "information superhighway". (I had to do it. > Sorry) > > If hammering away on a keyboard and reading volumes of technical documents > is anti-enjoyable to you, FreeBSD is probably not for you. > > The issues that you must address are personal in nature. The technical > issues are that FreeBSD is: > > more stable > costs less money > has great technical support via this list > is multi-user > has better multitasking > is more secure. > > Hope this helps you decide. > > Later, > Jason Wells > __ __ > / 0\ / 0\ Thank you * Highperformance.net > ) Wannabe Sysadmin * The homeless domain > )-------( Jason Wells * "Pardon me sir, spare some bandwidth?" > \_____/ > >
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