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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include <std_disclaimers.h> for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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