Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:57:39 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> To: james huckle <james@xch.net> Cc: "'FreeBSD Newbie Submission'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: Email [was: Squid will that be fried ?] Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980326104856.155B-100000@mustang> In-Reply-To: <4B5AD1A1DC97D1118E720060976D80F40DDB@msx.xch.net>
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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, james huckle wrote: > Hi, > > I'm get a little sick of all this MS bashing. Sure, the product IMHO > usually sucks and is bug ridden but people buy it and people have to > support it. People like pretty windows to type into and will use these > products at the expense of resilience. > I have done some MS bashing in the past, pretty much just because I don't like monopolies. Don't think they're fair. But, (I maybe ignorant on the subject) I have not seen any drivers or support on FreeBSD for all the cool things that Windows 95/NT can support. Microsoft has support for USB, alot of video cards, TV cards, soundcards, etc. And it's easy as hell to install. I often think to myself, "Considering that most free unices doesn't support all the cool new things, how can I explain to a Windows user that Unix is better?" I came across this when trying to explain to a computer vendor that I didn't want or need the USB and the ATI All-In-Wonder-Pro because the OS that I run doesn't support it. He asked what I ran, and I said Linux. But then again, maybe there is support for all the kewl new harware and I just don't know it. *shrug* That's where I feel that I lie Ignorant...aww hell I'm ignorant on alot of things, every one usually is. I feel that ignorance is just an excuse, or reason, to learn what you don't know about. :) Peace, Bear > I work for an X400 service providor and have to use products from ALL > the major vendors, both client and server. Without doubt, MS product is > both the easiest to install and the most difficult to > configure/administer and remove. > > I don't think that it's a preqrequisite of using non-MS products to slag > MS stuff. Some MS stuff is OK (suprisingly) in the workgroup/office > enviroment and there is more choice of apps on MS OS. > > When the email/internet/networking hype/explosion dies down a little, > I'm sure that the extended protocols of some vendors will win other > others (see DRDOS/DOS, windows/OS2). > > Lets make the world a little more feature rich :) > > James =================================================== Joseph Garcia Downey, CA bear@pacificnet.net "Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." =================================================== > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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