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Date:      Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:43:26 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
To:        "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: USB CF reader (SanDisk) epilog
Message-ID:  <01d601c19c7b$55599810$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <002301c19b4e$6ee9b950$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <0235a2158050d12FE5@mail5.nc.rr.com> <00d201c19c0c$c513e300$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <05e5c4129170d12FE5@mail5.nc.rr.com>

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Brian writes:

> If anybody ever told you that FreeBSD was
> more reliable or better with "unusual" hardware
> we were sold a bill of goods.

I didn't know that a USB CF reader is now considered "unusual" hardware.  If
it is unusual, why does FreeBSD support it at all?

> The O/S is much more stable but hardware
> drivers consistently lag Windows.

But the main problem with Windows is device drivers!  If FreeBSD drivers are
even worse, this does not reflect favorably upon the operating system.

> You just have the O/S's backwards :-(

I can't afford to set up a separate machine and OS for every hardware device
I wish to use.


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