Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:21:33 +0200 (MET DST) From: John K <john@volvo.se> To: "Mark L. Holloway" <mlholloway@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows NT Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.990527110104.5117A-100000@nike.volvo.se> In-Reply-To: <19990526235355.10031.rocketmail@web505.yahoomail.com>
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Hi I=B4m quite new to Unix, and i think you may not notice the difference betw= een different OS:es untill you try them. For example, when i sometimes run=20 W95 i tend to get extremely frustrated because in almost every session computer freezes or displays an error message. Now since i=B4ve been lucky = to try FreeBSD (i actually feel lucky to run it. it=B4s not just some BS i wri= te) i *know* that it is possible to have a computer that runs like a clock. my personal best uptime is (sofar) over 30 days, which i know is=B4t too=20 impressive to other users, but comming from the MS world it is! (manual=20 reboot, changing graphic cards :) I also run RedHat 6.0 on another=20 machine and i like it too. I=B4t a tad more "user friendly" than FreeBSD, b= ut i actually had it crash two times (but im running the 2.3.0 kernel i=20 believe is a "development version" so it could have something to do with th= at) I mainly switched to another Operating sytem, because i was tired of Window= s (NT and W9x) and wanted to learn more about computers and OS:es, and I=B4m very glad I d= id NT is more stable than 9x, but it=B4s still Microsoft, so i felt I was=20 still "limited"=20 It has been a very interesting 6 months running FreeBSD and Linux. Now i tend to favor FreeBSD for the stability, it may be a little more troublesom to install software (at first) on a Unix box than a windows=20 machine, but man, once it=B4s running it could litterary run for years. Good luck, and give FreeBSD a try i don=B4t think you will regret it ;) br John On Wed, 26 May 1999, Mark L. Holloway wrote: >=20 > I'm not trying to start a flame war..I am just curious. If NT is as > horrible of an OS as everyone claims then why do web sites like > Barnes and Noble, Ebay, CDW, and BuyComp (among others) use it? =20 >=20 > I'm not trying to praise NT - just wanting some information > explaining why people should choose one OS over another. >=20 >=20 > Regards, > Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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