Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 20:04:32 -0500 From: "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com> To: dkressman@foxinternet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost Message-ID: <3.0.32.19981202200431.006dd12c@mail.borg.com>
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At 11:47 PM 12/1/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
> Well I have read every word on your home page regarding FreeBSD. I
>am your average run of the mill taught myself how to turn on a computer
>old man. I bought a computer 5 years ago and proceeded to crash it many
>times over the next two years trying to teach myself how it worked. I
>can work it OK now but please don't ask me to explain what I did.
Good, we wont. This is how most folks learn. In fact this is exactly how
the term hacker came about. Folks doing there best to learn,improve,explore
the inards of the machine.
> Is your system a DOS type OS, a Windows 95 type OS or what.
The answer to this is, "or what"... The question should have been.
Is Win95 or Dos like FreeBSD... Then the answer would have been,
"Shuhhhhh... Right... And Monkeys might fly out of my butt...".
-Wayne and Garth
>I am
>running Windows 95 right now but if I could find an OS that wouldn't
>give me error messages saying I have committed an illegal function every
>time I am sitting there waiting for a program to load, well. In my
>imagination only I keep thinking Microsoft isn't the only one out there
>that knows how to develop and OS for a computer.
This is the most intelligent thing I have heard anyone say today.
> I sure hope I have made myself clear about what I am asking you. I
>tried to sound like I know some thing even though I don't.
You have learned through hacking, playing, learning and probably heaving
your computer across the room. You have also learned
that Microsoft has not live up to its promises.
Let me also say though that if you are used to a "Gooey", Graphical User
Interface(GUI) Only type of OS(Winblows) then FreeBSD at first will be a tough
nut to crack. But, once you get it figured, I think you will find it
highly configurable.
>Donald C. Kressman
>34111 Orville Rd. E.
>Eatonville, Wa. 98328
>1-360-832-2374
>dbj@iname.com
Just a hint.. Dont put your home address and phone number on your emails or
news postings..
>
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