Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 18:24:15 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why encourage stupid people to use *BSD WAS:Re: IE Message-ID: <3938340F.58BEDB21@mail.ptd.net> References: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202D811@URANUS>
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Stefan KORONKA wrote: > > > This is not to say that FreeBSD can't be > > made simpler, but there is a limit, and that limit is more > > complex than > > Windows. > > As a programmer who wrote (argh!) several applications for > windoze, from standard api stuff to com servers, i can't say > that windows is simple .. In fact, I find it more complex > than unix. My personal opinion is that: for windoz, if something > can be made harder, it will be. Opposed to: in unix, if something > can be solved simple, then it is .. > > Of course, for regular user, windoze can be a very friendly (?), > easy-to-start environment. But under this inflexible simplicity, > it is hiding a very huge mess. I agree that programming Windows is a hideous experience (especially the subtle, undocumented differences among platforms), but it was the regular user's experience that I was referring to. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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