Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:47:47 -0700 From: Linh Pham <question+advocacy@closedsrc.org> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Cc: Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com> Subject: Re: Rumour Mill on FreeBSD Death Still .... Message-ID: <20031007174747.GA39880@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <200310070957.53327.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> References: <20030929162808.41655.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com> <200310061214.22886.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <20031006232213.202b3ce6.kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com> <200310070957.53327.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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--SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003-10-07 09:57 -0700, Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> wrote: # 1) FreeBSD doesn't have Java #=20 # 2) FreeBSD doesn't have a usable GUI #=20 # 3) FreeBSD has little hardware support (no USB, no Nvidia, etc) #=20 # 4) FreeBSD can't do SMP at all #=20 # 5) FreeBSD has no commercial support 6) FreeBSD doesn't have a lot of commercial software (compared to Oracle or Domino on Linux) 7) FreeBSD. Isn't that a server-only operating system? Those are two that I commonly run into. --=20 Linh Pham question+advocacy@closedsrc.org Webmaster and FreeBSD Geek http://closedsrc.org Apprentice Manager Editor and Writer http://www.daemonnews.org Courage: The things I do for love | And So Western Civilization Crumbles --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/gvxDwhofDeWkDMIRAiRoAJ44OjBK4TSCjEYaHux+mjODCM6kSACeO7uv ma5p+X7+NtB3V/J44FV6FRw= =MTzT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s--
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