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Date:      Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:28:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970419000232.9302B-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net>
In-Reply-To: <199704182150.PAA24975@rocky.mt.sri.com>

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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Nate Williams wrote:

> > You decide between Window 95 and NT by understanding what the product can
> > do and what is expected to be available in the foreseeable future. If you
> > had to 
> > reinstall the thing every 3 months there'd be a lot of people using
> > something else
> 
> Umm, have you *ever* used Win95 or NT?

Not if he's lucky.  ;-)

> We *regularly* (easily every 3 months) have to re-install every few
> months (sometimes less than 3).

One of our most cluefull customers had to format and re-install to
convince 95 he had changed modems.  Re-install without a format wouldn't
do it.

NoThanks 4.0's  stock ATI ??? video drivers can't change desktop font size
without a re-boot.

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