From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jun 14 19:16:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18805 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:16:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vanessa.eliuk.org (pme62.sunshine.net [209.17.178.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18783 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:16:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by vanessa.eliuk.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA00646; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:15:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cagey@vanessa.eliuk.org) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:15:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" Reply-To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" To: higginsj@iname.com cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anti-Windows and MS prejudice? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 14 June 1998, James wrote: => On Sun, 14 June 1998, Stuart Krivis wrote: => > => > I remember a person with a similar name that used to winvocate => > mercilessly. this person used to troll the OS/2 groups on Fidonet and => > usenet, trying to convince people of the merits of MSware. => > => > Nah, must have been another Gerchmez.... => > => => rantBegin(); => What I really don't understand is why people are so adamant about it. My => opinion is that you should use the OS that best suits your needs. Precisely. => Windows has advantages as do all Unices and UNIX derived OS's as does OS/2 => and any other OS you care to talk about.... with the exception of maybe => MacOS which we all trash.. :) I don't how you can trash MacOS and in the same sentence as praising the virtues of Windows. I work with Macs and although I think they are "at present" a lot more work under their native environ. to work within a server situation, I see there usability and interface no more or less difficult than windows, dos, or *NIX. You learn the most in a *NIX environ.. I have more of a problem with those that cannot see there way beyond the CRT to a appreciate the strengths of another platform for certain apps or functions. It's like a friend once told me: "The only thing that separates humans from animals is when something does not work, humans try harder." => UNIX in general is very stable and reliable and lacks the overhead that => many 100% GUI OS's place on their users. Modern unices are 32 or 64 => bit environments and bypass many of the problems encountered in say DOS or => Windows 3.X. => Windows * is easy to use and quick to setup and it is well suited to the => majority of the people out there. A lot, users don't care that they can => change the behavior of their application or that this whizzbang is better => than that doflop. Also, there are the people, and more of them than some => are willing to admit, that don't care how fast or stable the thing is as => long as it works and is easy to use. A crack in your theory me thinks :) Try a few months in Internet Tech Support, of course this is an assumption on my part that you have not. => I just personally wish the world would get over this. The whole argument => is pointless. People are religious about their choice of OS and one thread => on why one sucks and the other sparkles is not going to change their mind. I agree it is pointless, but it is soooo much fun sometimes :) => rantEnd(); => James => Disclaimer: No machines, OS's, penguins, daemons, or windows were harmed, => broken, smashed, mistreated, abused, razzed, or taunted in the making of => this rant. Of course, a sense of humour I can appreciate. Regards, Discover Rock Solid /@\ Kevin G. Eliuk Discover FreeBSD /~~~\ http://www.FreeBSD.Org /~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~\ --==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==----==**==-- --==**==-- --==**==-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message