Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 23:53:00 -0500 From: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, "Corey C. Foegen" <cfoegen@angelfire.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About free bsd Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000116235256.00c9a5c0@mail.enterit.com>
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Lets not forget the all too famous www.cheapbytes.com. Although some don't like it...it does distribute a rather nice copy of FreeBSD for a whopping $8 (rounded of course w/ s&h). They also distribute lossa other things there too. :) Jim At 21:51 17-01-00 -0600, David Kelly wrote: >"Corey C. Foegen" writes: > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > We hope you would answer some questions we may have about Free BSD. It > > sounds like a great product and we would like some clarity. > >Its my guess you didn't know questions@freebsd.org address posted on the >web site was actually a mailing list going to thousands of people. An >Apple Computer employee got tripped by that one too. > > > We are presently running Windows 98 as well as other MS product > > software. Being an operating system, would Free BSD replace Windows, > > supplement or otherwise be found as a replacement for the DOS. > >FreeBSD is a Unix-like OS. DOS is not. While FreeBSD has some ability >to emulate DOS and/or Windows, it is neither. > > > Another question would be how greatly improved will security be from > > hackers (we were hit once before)? And if not,would you have any > > recommendations for security and fire wall? > >As a general rule attacks which work against Windows do not work >against FreeBSD because FreeBSD is not Windows and is not Windows >compatible. > >We (the users of FreeBSD) believe it is more secure than Win9x, NT, or >2000. > >The ultimate question is "what do you want to do with a computer?" In a >reversal the past 5 or 10 years it is now cheaper (cash out of pocket) >to run a Unix-like OS than anything else. You won't be running Microsoft >Office any time soon under Linux (a not-as-good-as-FreeBSD alternative >to FreeBSD) but the $100 Applixware package is awfully good. Maybe >better than MS-Office simply because it doesn't have cupholders and >fairings. > >If you want to play the latest games, then you have to stick with a >game OS such as those Microsoft sells. > > > And the final question- if we decide to persue with Free BSD, could > > you tell us the price for the CDROM (we have a Creative Labs 8X CDROM > > drive) and to whom we can send a check as well as the time expected > > time frame for delivery? > >http://www.cdrom.com/ has the answers. $39.95 for one, $24.95 if you >"subscribe" to 3 or 4 sets per year. Plus $5 S/H. They take credit cards >too. Plus you can download and use a copy for free. And make as many >copies of that as you need. But keep in mind that its purchase of >CDROM's, shirts, jackets, stickers, stuffed daemon plushies, etc., which >pay for hosting FreeBSD on the 'net, for much of the development >hardware, and for some of the salaries of those who work full time on >FreeBSD. > >Somewhere among http://www.cdrom.com/ and http://www.freebsdmall.com/ >there is an order item for donations to FreeBSD Inc., a not-for-profit >corporation: http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/ > >-- >David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net >===================================================================== >The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its >capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's errors, in contrast: Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" ------------------------------- Jim Conner NOTJames jconner@enterit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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