From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 18 16:35:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF76E14CE8 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:35:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from regnauld@ftf.net) Received: from ns.int.ftf.net (fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged)) by mail.ftf.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3/gw-ftf-1.2) with ESMTP id BAA22372; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 01:35:07 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged) claimed to be ns.int.ftf.net Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by ns.int.ftf.net (8.9.2/8.9.3) id BAA31446; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 01:48:45 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <19991119014845.16654@ns.int.ftf.net> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 01:48:45 +0100 From: Phil Regnauld To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: David Schwartz , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Marketing vs. technical superiority (was: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit") References: <000001bf3220$b72b8c50$021d85d1@youwant.to> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Jonathon McKitrick on Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 12:16:19AM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 Organization: FTFnet Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jonathon McKitrick writes: > Just a question... you mentioned somewhere before that NT kept users on > the cutting edge with service packs. I've heard admins says these are > little more that bug fix kits. Can you name some of the more advanced > features M$ has provided 'without cost' to its users by means of Service > Packs? On the cutting edge ? Yeah, it's cutting something the users would rather keep :-) Each service pack replaces .DLLs. For example, Active Desktop + IE integration, etc... -- Y et A nother RedHat buys Cygnus L inux T akeover A lliance To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message