From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 17:49:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB3E16A4DD for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:49:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9333543D4C for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:49:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id B31891C000C3 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:49:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 92C1D1C000BF for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:49:16 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050414174916601.92C1D1C000BF@mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:49:16 +0200 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <548474554.20050414194916@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <425E97A6.7020804@gmail.com> References: <20050414160710.93703.qmail@web54008.mail.yahoo.com> <425E97A6.7020804@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: India had no FreeBSD mirror sites ?!? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:49:18 -0000 Subhro writes: > True, bust most Universities have things like 5 128K links tagged > together. Put this down plain and simple, bandwidth is really really > scarce in India. That has to change, and soon. There's no cure for a shortage of bandwidth except more bandwidth. Lay the fiber and light it. > Right. But most Universities are simply not interested and tag BSD as > "not for the masses" OS. THey are right. No version of UNIX is for the masses, nor is Linux. But for servers, UNIX has an edge in many situations (not so much Linux). For the masses, Windows is best; if Windows is not available, then I suppose Linux would be better than nothing (but not much better). > In the Indian Scenario, a handful of *BSD users are considered Wizards > and non Microsoft OS implies Linux. I thought India was supposed to be speeding ahead in IT; it doesn't sound like it's even in the running from what you're saying. -- Anthony