Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 03:12:51 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> Cc: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Question's. Message-ID: <20051225011251.GC1367@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20051224171614.75489.qmail@web33310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <200512240746.15029.ringworm01@gmail.com> <20051224171614.75489.qmail@web33310.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On 2005-12-24 09:16, Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> wrote: >"Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> wrote: >>On Saturday 24 December 2005 07:34, Danial Thom wrote: >>> FreeBSD and Linux *should* focus on server functions, >>> because that is where MS is weak and that is where its >>> needed. There will likely never be a solid reason to use >>> BSD or linux as a desktop other than religion; while there >>> are many compelling reasons to use BSD and/or linux >>> servers. >> >> Your opinion. Mine is FreeBSD has the potential to be a >> better desktop than either ms or Linux. The big problem at >> the moment is with web browser plugins. Desktop users coming >> from ms land demand these and FreeBSD simply comes up short >> in supporting them. I have faith that will change >> eventually. > > You're pretty much admitting here that FreeBSD desktop is not > as functional as windows. Which was exactly the point I was > making. No, he's admitting that there is one feature of Windows that some users may miss when they transition to FreeBSD. I can ennumerate at least two that FreeBSD users sorely miss when they are forced to work on Windows too. > FreeBSD has the "potential" to be a very good MP OS. Currently > it is not, so I don't use it. I need to run a business. > "Potential" only means that I monitor its progress; I "use" > what is the best available at the time for any given function. Good for you :)
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