Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:49:37 -0400 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: FreeBSD Question List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows Message-ID: <DB369798-26A5-11D9-9E91-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: <20041025163640.GA1244@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <8e.18645afb.2eae7275@aol.com> <20041025163640.GA1244@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-10-25 11:15, TM4525@aol.com wrote: >> You're also missing my point on this. You don't have to get into the >> guts >> of windows to make it work. You dont have to be a programmer to tweak >> all of >> the applications, in fact I know more than one "windows tech" who >> knows how >> to set things up but really has no idea what the settings mean. > > This is not really an advantage though, if you ponder a bit the > implications > it has. It basically means that your average "Windows tech" knows > nothing > about the guts of the system (he doesn't need to, according to your > description). Then, when a day comes that something breaks *badly* > his best > suggestion is "throw away the entire thing, and start over with a > bootable > CD-ROM of Windows XYZ". And this differs from your experience in the Windows world...how? :-)
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