From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 15:35:22 2003 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 A2EB437B401 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:35:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from homer.bignose.ca (static-89-42.dsl.tht.net [216.126.89.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3563B43F93 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:35:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff@interchange.ca) Received: (qmail 7036 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2003 22:30:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO crusty) (192.168.0.2) by homer.bignose.ca with SMTP; 6 Jun 2003 22:30:05 -0000 From: "Jeff MacDonald" To: "'David Gerard'" , Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:35:18 -0400 Message-ID: <000001c32c7b$e8777bd0$0200a8c0@crusty> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20030606221839.GO31266@thingy.apana.org.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: RE: Selling FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:35:22 -0000 Evolution is a pretty good drop in replacement for outlook. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> David Gerard >> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 6:19 PM >> To: questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Selling FreeBSD >> >> >> Paul Robinson (paul@iconoplex.co.uk) [030606 19:09]: >> >> > If they aren't enthusiastic, it's because it's not solving >> any problems for >> > them. The fact it works great as a high-traffic MX or HTTP >> server isn't >> > something most businesses need. As for desktop use, well, >> it does suck >> > compared to something like Mandrake for an average >> run-of-the-mill office >> > worker. Even Mandrake sucks a little bit compared to >> Windows XP these days. >> >> >> I would question that. I just set my highly non-technical >> wife up with >> FreeBSD 4.8, KDE 3.1, Mozilla Firebird 0.6 (Linux binary) and >> OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 (Linux binary, as mentioned on this >> list ;-). It does >> require an administrator to at least run the ports or packages, but >> any office network will need an administrator. >> >> The only thing still missing is a drop-in replacement for >> Outlook. Other >> than that, it's probably more usable than Windows, and a Windows user >> should have no trouble. >> >> "It works like Windows, but it doesn't crash!" >> >> >> - d. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>