Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:10:37 +0100 (CET) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What wouldn't you use FreeBSD for? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912070009430.3476-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <19991206184950.A97213@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > Folks, > > I'm trying to produce a list of applications you'd use FreeBSD for, and, > for balance, I need a list of types of applications that FreeBSD doesn't > cut it at yet. > > So far I've got > > CAD / CAM -- No applications available > > Finance -- we've got spreadsheats, but nothing like Quicken, MS Money, > or QuickBooks. Apps like Gnumeric aren't there yet for the home user. > > Cutting edge multimedia -- Shockwave, et al. We tend to lag behind when > it comes to players, and we don't have any decent authoring software. > > That's about it. Are there any other application segments that FreeBSD > isn't represented in (from a home or office user perspective)? > AFAIK there is not much possible with those $100 webcams that are so popular now. Marc Schneiders marc@venster.nl marc@oldserver.demon.nl propro 12:08am up 20:57, load average: 3.00 2.66 2.44 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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