Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:57:21 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: rod person <rodperson@adelphia.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: danial_thom@yahoo.com Subject: Re: BSD Question's. Message-ID: <20051224225721.17983.qmail@web33307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051224172453.0f080843@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net>
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--- rod person <rodperson@adelphia.net> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:01:53 -0800 (PST) > Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I don't expect you to care, but saying you > > "prefer FreeBSD" and saying "FreeBSD is > better" > > are different animals. I just wanted to know > what > > you could do with FreeBSD that you can't do > with > > Windows. I already know what I can do with > > Windows that I can't do with FreeBSD. > > > > I didn't see the first few emails in this > thread so excuse me > if you have answered this, but what can you do > on Windows > that you can't do on FreeBSD. Other than play > the latest and > greatest games. I'm just wondering. Schwab Streetsmart Accounting Software (CA) Quicken Photoshop Adobe Acrobat (for creating PDFs) Those are the ones I use daily. Surely there are some half-assed alternatives for some of these, but if I have to use something inferior to use FreeBSD then thats a point against it. Also, what you missed, was that I mentioned that you can be relatively sure that any hardware will have drivers for windows, while with FreeBSD you're never quite sure. Its also nice when you get a new printer or scanner to not have a 3 day project to get it to work. The only point I made was that FreeBSD is focused on server functions and that is justified by the simple fact that it will never be as useful as windows; if for no other reason than there simply aren't the resources for FreeBSD to be a good server and also a competitive desktop. DT __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
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