Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 06:17:30 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <a05101009b83750a740f1@[10.0.1.16]> In-Reply-To: <00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 0000a@atkielski.com><3C110351.4748B559@duth.gr><005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$ 0a00000a@atkielski.com><15377.17350.796336.801464@guru.mired.org><0069 01c17f70$19a2f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15377.18218.830731.410656@gu ru.mired.org><008101c17f9a$1a4a4290$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15377.3661 7.358466.76379@guru.mired.org><00ab01c17f9d$0bde8510$0a00000a@atkielsk i.com> <15377.37214.213789.306335@guru.mired.org> <00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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At 5:22 AM +0100 on 2001/12/08, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Additionally, if you are asked what desktop to install who apparently > _cannot_ answer the question "What do you want to do with it?" then again > Windows is the best choice, because it is specifically designed for people > who aren't exactly sure what they want to do with their system. Actually, no. The Macintosh is far easier to use, and has far better integration between the OS, the hardware, and the software. They're also much better designed, and much more easily upgraded or repaired. For someone who truly has no idea what they want to use the computer for, Windows would probably be the worst possible choice you could give them -- unreliable OS, unreliable software, and frequently unreliable hardware. > Interestingly, in serverland, the general answer is not as obvious, because > UNIX and Windows are about equally distributed in that domain. Again, that's not true. How many Windows servers do you think AOL has? How many Windows servers do you think that Yahoo! has? You can't just use the Netcraft host survey results (or any other host survey results I know of), because the number of web servers out there is not a representative sample of the total number of servers out there. Moreover, none of the host surveys I know of can distinguish between NT Desktop and NT Server editions, and by your own definition these two camps are mutually exclusive. > However, if > someone asked me for a server recommendation and _didn't know_ what he > wanted to use the server for, I'd recommend Windows, as Windows is easier to > administer for the clueless. You're only showing your ignorance here. I suggest that you stop embarrassing yourself and take your Windows religion somewhere else. -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> H4sICIFgXzsCA2RtYS1zaWcAPVHLbsMwDDvXX0H0kkvbfxiwVw8FCmzAzqqj1F4dy7CdBfn7 Kc6wmyGRFEnvvxiWQoCvqI7RSWTcfGXQNqCUAnfIU+AT8OZ/GCNjRVlH0bKpguJkxiITZqes MxwpSucyDJzXxQEUe/ihgXqJXUXwD9ajB6NHonLmNrUSK9nacHQnH097szO74xFXqtlbT3il wMsBz5cnfCR5cEmci0Rj9u/jqBbPeES1I4PeFBXPUIT1XDSOuutFXylzrQvGyboWstCoQZyP dxX4dLx0eauFe1x9puhoi0Ao1omEJo+BZ6XLVNaVpWiKekxN0VK2VMpmAy+Bk7ZV4SO+p1L/ uErNRS/qH2iFU+iNOtbcmVt9N16lfF7tLv9FXNj8AiyNcOi1AQAA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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