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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:22:32 -0400
From:      "MikeM" <zlists@mgm51.com>
To:        "Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, questions@freebsd.org, sdbug@sdbug.org
Subject:   Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices
Message-ID:  <200404141522320744.008452E0@sentry.24cl.com>
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On 4/14/2004 at 11:36 AM Peter Leftwich wrote:

|I thought I would post this as something of a warning.  Using
|FreeBSD as a primary, non-dual-boot OS means sacrificing.  Here is a
|partial list of sacrifices, as compared to Microsoft Windows XP:
|
|* webcam ball
|* flatbed scanner
|* color printer
|* digital cameras
|* firewire devices
|* several USB 1 and 2 devices
|* IM software features such as voice and video chat
|* websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls
|* MP3 devices
|
|Any major sacrifices I've forgotten?  ":-\
|
 =============


I consider lack of Active-X a feature.  I use Opera on Windows for that
very reason.



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