Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:35:18 -0400 From: "Jeff MacDonald" <jeff@interchange.ca> To: "'David Gerard'" <fun@thingy.apana.org.au>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Selling FreeBSD Message-ID: <000001c32c7b$e8777bd0$0200a8c0@crusty> In-Reply-To: <20030606221839.GO31266@thingy.apana.org.au>
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Evolution is a pretty good drop in replacement for outlook. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >> David Gerard >> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 6:19 PM >> To: questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Selling FreeBSD >> >> >> Paul Robinson (paul@iconoplex.co.uk) [030606 19:09]: >> >> > If they aren't enthusiastic, it's because it's not solving >> any problems for >> > them. The fact it works great as a high-traffic MX or HTTP >> server isn't >> > something most businesses need. As for desktop use, well, >> it does suck >> > compared to something like Mandrake for an average >> run-of-the-mill office >> > worker. Even Mandrake sucks a little bit compared to >> Windows XP these days. >> >> >> I would question that. I just set my highly non-technical >> wife up with >> FreeBSD 4.8, KDE 3.1, Mozilla Firebird 0.6 (Linux binary) and >> OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 (Linux binary, as mentioned on this >> list ;-). It does >> require an administrator to at least run the ports or packages, but >> any office network will need an administrator. >> >> The only thing still missing is a drop-in replacement for >> Outlook. Other >> than that, it's probably more usable than Windows, and a Windows user >> should have no trouble. >> >> "It works like Windows, but it doesn't crash!" >> >> >> - d. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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