Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 10:27:46 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Kenneth Henry" <mhenry@black.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An article from Microsoft Message-ID: <19991007002950.26B0D15798@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <37FB7203.F78CF4B5@worldgate.ca> from "Greg Skafte" at Oct 6, 99 10:00:04 am
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> A very interesting artical on the weaknesses of linux to > bad it's trying to promote NT .... > > > http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/linuxmyths.asp The only point I agree with is "Linux can replace Windows on the desktop" Yes, I know Linux and *BSD are great desktop OSs, but only for people who know how to use UNIX. For the average joe/jane, Windows and MacOS are currently the best options. I honestly believe Microsoft has drawn so much attention to Linux to draw attention *away* from FreeBSD. Microsoft uses FreeBSD, they know how it performs and how stable it is. In the beginning they probably rejoiced at having Linux with which to compare WinNT, because Linux really wasn't a contender as a server OS and Microsoft was able to say they didn't have a monopoly. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Linux has grown up since then, and Microsoft (I hope) will get bitten by its own FUD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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