Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 05:09:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Mark Yeck <y3k@gti.net>, <tech_info@threespace.com>, <mwm-dated-1008649596.5a3562@mired.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011213050340.A56723-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <005701c183a1$8cd8b430$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Anyone can use any system for simple tasks, with no previous experience. >The question, though, is whether anyone can install and set up a system for >such use without any previous experience or special IT background. For >Windows or the Mac, the answer is "yes"; for UNIX, the answer is "no." Don't be so ready to generalize. First of all the Mac OS X product would fall under the category UNIX, whether Apple is interested in the Open Group's trademark or not. It is certainly simple enough to configure for the average user. I also challenge you to tell me that a brand new SGI workstation fresh out of the box is not a breeze to configure. Ever setup a brand new O2 or Octane? If someone (like the manufacturer on a new machine) has already loaded IRIX for you it's as simple as turning it on and stepping through a set of intuitive menus known as EZSetup. From here you can setup a user account and configure networking either via DHCP or a static configuration. Finish EZSetup and reboot the machine and you're ready to login, use the Toolchest to launch a Web Browser, or the Applications Browser to launch any other number of programs. You can get quite a bit done under IRIX before you ever need to open a shell. In fact, the SGI removable media daemon places shortcuts to your CDROM, floppy, DAT drive, IndyCam, or whatever other peripherals you might have right on your desktop for easy access to their contents. One might even say that that concept along with a number of other UI devices were stolen from SGI by Microsoft for the Windows 95 product since SGI's Indigo Magic desktop has been around longer than the Windows 9x product line. Brandon D. Valentine -- "Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari." - G. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, XLVI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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