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Date:      Sat, 29 Jan 2000 22:06:57 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        Sameh Ghane <sameh@fr.clara.net>
Cc:        John Rosenberg <jcrosenberg@earthlink.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Sun release source code for Solaris 8
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001292203490.86917-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000128153729.A64438@noc.fr.clara.net>

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Sameh Ghane wrote:

>
>What's the aim of FreeBSD ? Being used by ISPs as a reliable, fast, secure
>and powerful OS, or being used at home by multimedia users ?
>
>I hope it's the first one.

Well, since right now i just run FreeBSD on a laptop as a workstation
for day-to-day tasks and programming, i want it to be more than just a
server.  I wish they hadn't dropped their old slogan or goal of "turning PCs into
workstations".  And that means that i *do* care about at least basic
multimedia and graphics use.

>
>FreeBSD is even flexible enough to give me good workstations also, I don't
>feel this like a problem not being able to replace windows workstations.
>
>-- 
>Sameh Ghane
>

-=> jm <=-

"Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball."




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