Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:41:39 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: San Jose Mercury News Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96r.990222203838.2781D-100000@shell1.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <19990222181303.A758@netmonger.net>
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Christopher Masto wrote: > Linux came along at a time and in such a way that large numbers of > people were motivated to work on it and spread it to their friends. > This was well before it became "Linux vs. NT", but by the time that > issue arrived, Linux had accumulated a huge base of followers and was > able to gain the perception of a support mechanism. Even then, in my > experience, Microsoft's products are tried first, and Linux (or > FreeBSD) is only an option when NT has caused colossal amounts of > loss. I second this, Microsoft has done such a good marketing job, I have seen people take down a working Novell Server to install Win NT 4.0. Everyone seems to take the sh*t from Microsoft. It's really to bad. I would like to able to have a choice on the desktop, and the server. Paul Griffith To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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