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Date:      Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:41:06 -0500
From:      "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>
To:        "Adam J Richardson" <fatman@crackmonkey.us>
Cc:        Branko Vukelic <bg.branko@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hello!
Message-ID:  <d7195cff0708192141w1d3d496enb2f8f997686efee9@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <46C64727.9060000@crackmonkey.us>
References:  <3ef409db0708170651v365f51dfib643ae0d91a6a700@mail.gmail.com> <46C64727.9060000@crackmonkey.us>

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On 17/08/07, Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> wrote:
> Branko Vukelic wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My name is Branko (a.k.a. FoxBunny in some circles). Until recently I was a
> > Arch Linux
> > user, and decided to give FreeBSD a try, for a better desktop experience.
> > Thanks to the DesktopBSD project (BIG THANKS!) I'm now running FreeBSD on my
> > box (or is it proper to call DesktopBSD a FreeBSD?).
> >
> > I must say I am most impressed by how all this works, from development to
> > final touches, to actually running and using it. I'm looking forward to
> > getting involved in the whole BSD scene.
> >
> > Nice meeting (sort of) you all!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Branko
>
> Hi Branko!
>
> I guess it's like comparing an Alsatian [FreeBSD] to a Spaniel
> [DesktopBSD]: they're very different, but both are still dogs. However
> NetBSD is a cat and Windows is a fish.
>
> Feel free to play with my sophisticated model of operating system
> development, anyone.
>
> Maybe I shouldn't have compared FreeBSD to a dog. Whoops. Sorry all.

If netbsd is a cat, and oh!ess!ten is variously a panther, tiger,
puma, (pard?  olestra?), openbsd is a fish (and some damned
anthropomorphic lips), probably freebsd is really a 1938
pontiac, and windows is a cow-duck hybrid with post-it notes
stapled to its spine (or maybe that transporter accident from
Star Trek: Der Movin' Picture!).

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