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Date:      Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:06:17 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Latitude <robertjx@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Convince me, please!
Message-ID:  <20070809140617.GB10705@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com>
References:  <46BA9682.7020203@ix.netcom.com>

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On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 11:22:26PM -0500, Latitude wrote:
> I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have
> to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows
> users of how easy the switch may be.  I get knee-deep in FreeBSD
> jargon the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming
> argument that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home
> desktop users who have previously known only Windows.

I don't know that such a claim is ever made from within FreeBSD. FreeBSD
is Unix, for and by those who know and love Unix. Linux is the one
wanting to be a better Windows than Windows.

For the best user experience, and Unix too: MacOS X.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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