From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 28 22:47:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 977B437B41F for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:47:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (win.atkielski.com [10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fAT6lfx02206; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:47:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <020c01c178a1$bea114e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Mark Yeck" Cc: References: <01cb01c17896$abb81500$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3797.208.216.122.52.1007014935.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:47:39 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark writes: > Being purpose-built isnt in and of itself a > technical advantage ... I disagree. All else being equal, a purpose-built system is always superior to a generalized system. > ... and it could be argued that it's offset > by the fact that UNIX was on the desktop years > before Windows existed. Being around for years has nothing to do with technical suitability for a specific purpose. > As far as I can recall, the only strictly technical > arguement you've offered was the tighter integration > with the hardware (mostly for games). Plus a single-user design, and native GUI support. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message