From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Sep 13 14:47: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5756537B400 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F167043E42 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:47:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lomifeh@earthlink.net) Received: from bgp586692bgs.jdover01.nj.comcast.net (bgp586692bgs.jdover01.nj.comcast.net [68.39.202.147]) by mtaout03.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H2E00AUOCIHG3@mtaout03.icomcast.net> for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:47:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:47:04 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica Subject: Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's In-reply-to: <20020913153545.3e06ca31.yid@softhome.net> To: Joshua Lee Cc: Brad Knowles , bulldog@fxp.org, chat@freebsd.org Message-id: <578B81DC-C762-11D6-AC2E-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.543) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, September 13, 2002, at 03:35 PM, Joshua Lee wrote: > On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:43:44 +0200 > Brad Knowles wrote: > >>> In my opinion, as a server, FreeBSD is a great choice. >> >> Yup. Even today, I would not use MacOS X as a server. >> >>> It is fast, reliable, and very well built. But as a >>> desktop choice, it leaves a little to be desired. >> >> As do all *nix OSes, save possibly MacOS X. > > I use Windowmaker, a NeXTstep clone, under X Windows; so I get the NeXT > interface we like without having to buy expensive Mac hardware. (Though > if I earned more $$$ I think I'd get a Mac Powerbook laptop. :-) ) > But that expensive mac hardware looks cooler ;). --Larry > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message