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Date:      Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:14:31 -0800
From:      prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors
Message-ID:  <20081207121431.5dcb37f9@gom.home>
In-Reply-To: <20081207193517.GA20905@laverenz.de>
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On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:35:17 +0100
Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de> wrote:

> Who is "most freebsd users"?
>
i would think most are interested in running servers or routers or
possible scientific applications or engaged in os study and appreciate
its simplicity and consistency.

i don't think it can compete with linux in terms of some of the bells
and whistles that the desktop offers, but imho, a lot of those bells
ring out of tune and the whistles result in sore lips.

-- 
In friendship,
prad

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