Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:12:30 -0700 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> To: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com>, "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD Message-ID: <000f01c03f67$8b2e90c0$aa240018@cx443070b> References: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01766CE2@exchange.panasonicfa.com> <20001025200133.A30303@home.com>
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> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 05:52:06PM -0500, Zaitsau, Andrei wrote: > > Okay.. I hate doing this again. > > But what makes the Computer manufacturers not to ship computers with > > preinstalled FreeBSD on it, it has no licenses, it's free, it's very robust > > and reliable OS. They don't have to waste money on commercial OS then... > > One more time, people won't buy those computers then, because FreeBSD will > > be too complicated to them. > > UNIX is far too complicated for the average user who just wants to surf > the Web and write am occasional letter. However, that is not the only > issue here. Microsoft has engaged in questionable, if not illegal > practices in order to gain and maintain their monopoly on the desktop. > Microsoft also tries to intimidate hardware vendors by hinting that > computer vendors and manufacturers could be liable for somehow abetting > software piracy if they sell a computer without an OS. Since most > computer makers already have contracts with MS, guess what OS they are > going to install. > > Victor Cardona Yeah, but those OEMs still ship f'ing RedHat Linux systems. No reason why they couldn't offer FreeBSD as well. There are only a few things that are keeping FreeBSD from launching fully mainstream and getting the application and device driver support it needs, and OEM support is one of them. A native version of Oracle wouldn't hurt either :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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