Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:13:58 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018167958.8f2475@mired.org> Cc: "jiang shujing" <jiangshujing@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Q about the benefit of using freebsd in business Message-ID: <20020402131359.38B5ABB39@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <15529.27413.622787.524783@guru.mired.org> References: <20020402054347.40EDCBB4C@i8k.babbleon.org> <15529.27413.622787.524783@guru.mired.org>
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On Tuesday 02 April 2002 03:25 am, Mike Meyer wrote:
| In <20020402054347.40EDCBB4C@i8k.babbleon.org>, Brian T.Schellenberger
<bts@babbleon.org> typed:
| > On Monday 01 April 2002 10:12 pm, jiang shujing wrote:
| > The drawback is that it is missing software that most businesses want on
| > the desktop, so this could be an issue for desktop use. For server use,
| > by contrast, any software you would need is not only available, but it's
| > also free, which is a clear advantage.
|
| Not quite right. What's missing is the *specific* software that some
| businesses want on the desktop. As a general class, everything most
| business want is available. What's missing is vertical market
| software, and the ability to exchange files that use a some
| proprietary formats. If you're not dealing with one of those two
| cases, then FreeBSD works just fine for the desktop. If you have to
| deal with one of those two cases, then you need to select the
| application first, and buy a platform that can run it.
This is precisely correct. I did not express it as well.
(And it should be noted that there is software to read most proprietary
formats that works quite well, but my experience is that you can't write it
back out as well. Thus, .rtf, .ppt, .doc, and all those sorts of things can
be imported into a FreeBSD system just great but you can't re-export them as
readily.)
|
| <mike
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