Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:36:40 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: re changing from vista Message-ID: <20081114233640.GA7755@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20081114225626.GA56663@icarus.home.lan> References: <491D59D3.8080809@spansurf.com> <20081114203914.W14337@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <491DDD56.1040001@ccstores.com> <20081114225626.GA56663@icarus.home.lan>
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 02:56:26PM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:19:34PM -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> please can you help me i am totally confused i want to change from > >>> windows vista > >>> > >>> but i cannot understand which system to use > >> > >> maybe windows XP? > >> > >>> > >>> i am not sure if freebsd will work with my hardware and software > >> > >> simply check it. > > > > unless you think this may be a troll, > > your comments seem a great way to chase away a potential convert to FreeBSD. > > <opinion> > But why are we interested in "converting" people? That borders on > religious, which an operating system should not be. The OP asked advice on an OS alternative to Vista and asked about FreeBSD. Telling him that FreeBSD is a good choice is not making a religious statement. It is just answering his question in an honest manner. ////jerry > > People should use whatever OS gets the job done for them, be it Windows, > FreeBSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris, DOS, whatever. The OP's question is > vague in a sincere way; users who want to move away from an OS often > hope there is a simple answer, when in fact there isn't. > > My point is that focusing on "converting" someone, I feel, is the wrong > way to go about showing the world the operating system is worth using. > To me, it's just just another manipulative form of marketing; and I > don't know about you, but marketing doesn't sway me when it comes to > most things (*especially* computing-oriented things). Marketing often > turns people off to things, rather than on. > > I'm not saying "we don't need new users" -- I'm saying: if we took half > the energy used "converting" people and applied it to fixing bugs and > improving FreeBSD, there wouldn't be a need to "convert". "Build it > (and secure/stabilise it) and they will come". > > I guess I just see things in a different light than most. > </opinion> > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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