Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:25:24 -0500 From: "Bob McConnell" <rvm@CBORD.com> To: "Chad Perrin" <perrin@apotheon.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD and hardware?? Message-ID: <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A0039AF219@Email.cbord.com> In-Reply-To: <20081121211828.GA9493@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20081118141648.M84450@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl><1110372547-1227199990-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-585491769-@bxe064.bisx.produk.on.blackberry> <20081121211828.GA9493@kokopelli.hydra>
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On Behalf Of Chad Perrin > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 04:53:03PM +0000, > twelcome@mobileemail.vodafonesa.co.za wrote: >> Your assertion that "linux is both low end unix and low end windows >> replacement" is factually wrong: As a high end unix I think it's >> earned it's stripes, currently dominating the top 500 supercomputer >> systems in the world, some no other unix has managed to accomplish >> this time round. Notably, when compared to freebsd it offers support >> for virtualisation where bsd is nowhere close to doing, just one >> example of high end unix feature it provides. As a gui desktop, >> I'm certain kde is a superior interface to windows in many ways. > While I agree that, without some kind of supporting argument, the > statement that Linux systems are "low end" Unix replacements are kind of > spurious sounding, I don't think that market share is really an effective > metric for determination of the quality of a replacement for a given > class of OS. I believe that he forgot to reference this article from ServerWatch. This shows more than a marginal increase in "market share". It suggests that Sun and others have good reason to be nervous about their future prospects, and need to find new ways to make money. <http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3787586>; On the other hand, both Unix and Linux have a long way to go before they can match Microsoft's ease of use on the GUI. I believe the best way to attack that problem is to find a new paradigm to replace the desktop, which is not a great interface model to begin with. Bob McConnell ---- If a messy desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is an empty desk the sign of?
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