From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed May 23 6:42: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mailtmp2.registeredsite.com (mailtmp2.registeredsite.com [216.247.127.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D903637B43C for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 06:42:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tech_info@threespace.com) Received: from mail4.registeredsite.com (mail4.registeredsite.com [64.224.9.13]) by mailtmp2.registeredsite.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f4NDfvE19186 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 09:41:57 -0400 Received: from mail.threespace.com ([216.247.134.44]) by mail4.registeredsite.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f4NDg2907386 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 09:42:02 -0400 Received: from CX1063714-B.threespace.com [216.247.134.44] by mail.threespace.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.05) id AE272E4B00F4; Wed, 23 May 2001 09:41:59 -0400 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010523093020.017d3fb8@mail.threespace.com> X-Sender: tech_info@mail.threespace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:41:45 -0400 To: FreeBSD Advocacy From: Technical Information Subject: Re: ExBSD In-Reply-To: <200105231124.f4NBOdT25968@smyk.apk.net> References: <014301c0e249$debd93f0$0300a8c0@oracle> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 07:24 AM 5/23/2001, you wrote: >I'd say that unix is best used by the "average"' person in an environment >where there is at least one person who knows unix well. > >Hmmm... that's true of Windows and MacOS also. So much for the >user-friendly approach. Even if this is true, I can probably find a dozen people who know Windows well before I ran into one person who knew UNIX well. And then I'd have to ask whether he was using my particular brand of UNIX. My opinion/experience is that Windows is much easier to use than UNIX for most desktop tasks, and things like the "Internet Connection Sharing Wizard" make setting up DHCP servers much easier than editing routing tables and config files in /etc. I don't think Windows offers as much flexibility/power/stability as UNIX, but for lots of common tasks it's "good enough." I believe that the ease of use factor and the easy to use, easy on the eyes user interface is one of the big reasons why Windows will continue to prevail on the desktop. And the application availability can't be beaten. --Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message