Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:49:52 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thanks guys Message-ID: <3DD23C60.9070706@401.cx> References: <20021113055636.76357.qmail@web21305.mail.yahoo.com> <1037168694.263.3.camel@asa.gascom.net.ru> <000e01c28af3$35060c30$1baccecd@donatev49iknkl>
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Grant Cooper wrote: > There are so many different types of UNIX. If freeBSD is so great why won't > natural selection begin and let some of these Unix flavors die? > > Really, wouldn't it be a better world if we had just a couple open source > OS? I understand what you mean, but I cant totally agree. The beauty of Open Source is that you can modify it as you see fit. If a person finds that there is no OS that does exactly what he needs it too, he can start with the closest match and modify it untill it is what he wants. And behold, a new OS is born. Many of these are very targeted at one special task and may not fit the needs of the masses, but there are others that fits in a lot of different environments doing different tasks, and those are the ones that will have a lot of users. Linux and BSD fits well in the later group. > I've been doing some background reading and correct me if I'm wrong. But I > came across of at least 30 active different open source and commercial Unix > flavors (and I'm sure that's a drop in the bucket)? > > And my last comment is about the commercial Unix flavors. If they cost so > much - are they more bug free, better support, more people working on it. > $12, 000 for a licence is alot of money. Basically, what you are paying for is having a big company backing up the product and guarantee you that it will work. I would not say that they are bugfree, but if you find a bug, you can call your vendor and demand that they fix it. If you run a free OS, you cant make any kind of demands. Most bugs are fixed just as fast or even faster in the free OS's out there, but if they are not, you cant make them fix it. > Well, I just like to say that I think FreeBSD is great. My first real unix > experience and I couldn't have done it without the support of the FreeBSD > lists and free tutorials. I totally agree, FreeBSD is a great OS. I find the BSD community to be one of the most understanding and newbie friendly out there. Of course, there are a*holes in every community, but I think the BSD has the lowest a*hole to nice-guy ratio of all the communitys I've been involved with. > > Grant Cooper, > Thanks freeBSD for the help. Rocky, You're welcome :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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