Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:06:21 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018386381.1301d6@mired.org> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: "Randall Hamilton" <nitedog@silly.pikachu.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <15532.49229.12865.341668@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <006401c1db8f$b4f66f20$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr> <3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com> <20020402123254.H49279@lpt.ens.fr> <009301c1da83$9fa73170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15530.6987.977637.574551@guru.mired.org> <012601c1dadb$104d5100$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.2846.277278.29276@guru.mired.org> <005e01c1db44$e10d2a40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.27851.19169.720598@guru.mired.org> <001301c1db55$7c883950$0301a8c0@NITEDOG> <009201c1db5e$41b1baa0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.33743.830853.456500@guru.mired.org> <000f01c1db68$0bbad580$0301a8c0@NITEDOG> <15531.37605.851236.651200@guru.mired.org> <004901c1db69$9a1cc3f0$0301a8c0@NITEDOG> <15531.38785.141595.336871@guru.mired.org> <006401c1db8f$b4f66f20$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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In <006401c1db8f$b4f66f20$0a00000a@atkielski.com>, Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> typed: > Mike writes: > > Sure, I may have to buy from a more limited > > set than you do, but the small set I use is > > includes everything I need, which is all that > > matters. > It's all that matters to you. But the rest of the world needs a lot more > hardware, and an OS that doesn't support all that hardware matters an awful > lot to them. Uh - let's see, I've got a printer, scanner, USB SmartMedia reader, and an OH 323 video hookup (OH 323 is the standard that MS's netmeeting follows), Palm connection, and a CD burner. I chose to buy a smartmedia reader because the camera I have is sufficient for my needs and the reader costs less than a USB camera. I haven't bought a DVD burner because I'm waiting for the standards to shake out some. I watch DVD's on my PS2, not the computer, so I haven't bought a DVD player. However, all of those things - USB camera, DVD reader and burner - are available with FreeBSD. There's nothing I can think of that is both in common use and unavailable for FreeBSD. Would you care to quite making vague claims, and actually provide something concrete in the form of a list of hardware I'm not using that everyone else needs and I can't get for FreeBSD? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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