Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:49:13 -0800 From: "Scott Parsons" <scott2@sympatico.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: School Project Message-ID: <000801bf6d41$3c6de4c0$010ffea9@gandalf>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hello, I'm doing a project on FreeBSD with other classmates for a college presentation. My part in the project, aside from the design, are the pro's and con's. I guess it's easy enough to find all the pro's; however, con's are not so easy. Could you please just make a few point form examples of the drawbacks? In areas such as: Marketing - I figure that if it is free, and the source is available then there isn't much of a market. But I know that Yahoo and I think Hotmail are using FreeBSD. There has got to be a drawback somewhere. Compatibility- Can FreeBSD use any off the shelf application? Source Code- if a company has to reveal their changes, won't their competition just use it? Therefore, what's the point in trying to alter it for your advantage? I can't think of anything else, the only reason why I sound negative is because I'm trying to find the downfalls of FreeBSD. I already know the great sides to the OS. PS I am using the devil pics for the project, if that is a problem just tell me. Thank you for your time, Scott Parsons [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm doing a project on FreeBSD with other classmates for a college presentation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My part in the project, aside from the design, are the pro's and con's. I guess it's easy enough to find all the pro's; however, con's are not so easy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could you please just make a few point form examples of the drawbacks?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In areas such as:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marketing - I figure that if it is free, and the source is available then there isn't much of a market. But I know that Yahoo and I think Hotmail are using FreeBSD. There has got to be a drawback somewhere.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Compatibility- Can FreeBSD use any off the shelf application?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Source Code- if a company has to reveal their changes, won't their competition just use it? Therefore, what's the point in trying to alter it for your advantage?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't think of anything else, the only reason why I sound negative is because I'm trying to find the downfalls of FreeBSD. I already know the great sides to the OS.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS I am using the devil pics for the project, if that is a problem just tell me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for your time,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott Parsons</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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