Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:55:06 -0700 From: "Roger A. Lowe" <rlowepe@nwlink.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: What are you? Message-ID: <000701bd6fa1$bd3c37e0$e18514d1@rlowepe>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6F67.0F73BDC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been using a computer as a productivity tool for 20 years. Most = of the time it has been a benefit. =20 I am newly a user of the internet, and stumbled on to you through a link = from Washingtion University. =20 For years I have been frustrated with Microsoft DOS, and what seems to = me to be unnecessary complexity and obscurity. =20 If I understand what I am reading, Unix is a generic name for a group of = operating systems that does very much the same thing as MSDOS. You are = a volunteer organization that is maintaining and developing a = comprehensive form of Unix. Am I right so far? Next, I gather that at least in your opinion, FreeBSD Unix is more = stable, and more flexible than MSDOS, Windows etc. Am I still on = target? Finally, am I to understand that FreeBSD is compatible with any intel = cpu compatible computer, and with the existing internet, WWW or similar = computer interconnectivity systems? I hope all this is true. Maybe we do not have to be dependent on = Microsoft after all. =20 You would be very kind to respond to all this. =20 Thank you in advance. Roger Lowe rlowepe@main.net ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6F67.0F73BDC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have been using a computer as a = productivity=20 tool for 20 years. Most of the time it has been a benefit. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I am newly a user of the internet, = and stumbled=20 on to you through a link from Washingtion University. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>For years I have been frustrated = with Microsoft=20 DOS, and what seems to me to be unnecessary complexity and = obscurity. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>If I understand what I am reading, = Unix is a=20 generic name for a group of operating systems that does very much the = same thing=20 as MSDOS. You are a volunteer organization that is maintaining and = developing a comprehensive form of Unix. Am I right so = far?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Next, I gather that at least in your = opinion,=20 FreeBSD Unix is more stable, and more flexible than MSDOS, Windows = etc. Am=20 I still on target?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Finally, am I to understand that FreeBSD is = compatible with=20 any intel cpu compatible computer, and with the existing internet, WWW = or=20 similar computer interconnectivity systems?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I hope all this is true. Maybe we do not have = to be=20 dependent on Microsoft after all. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>You would be very kind to respond to all this. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Roger Lowe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>rlowepe@main.net</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD6F67.0F73BDC0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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