Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 03:16:59 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Steve Tremblett" <sjt@cisco.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <031601c17945$17860d10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15365.11290.211107.464324@guru.mired.org> <006101c17854$c6aa2570$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011129160209.D8122@sjt-u10.cisco.com>
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Steve writes: > By that logic, since a wrench can pound nails > as well as a hammer, then the hammer should be > able to turn bolts as well, and therefore a > wrench is a hammer. Yes. Of course, a wrench doesn't make a very good hammer in practice. > All you have been saying here in recent weeks > (repeated ad nauseum) is that Windows has a > better desktop and FreeBSD is a better server. Over the past few days, you mean. It's surprising how many people seem eager or even desperate to prove me wrong--I thought that it was generally acknowledge that Windows makes a better desktop, and FreeBSD a better server. I wonder if I'd see the same irrational defense of FreeBSD if I suggested that it were a less-than-ideal toaster or washing machine; I suspect I would, particularly if the toaster or washing machine were made by Microsoft (a scary thought, it's true!). > Yes FreeBSD makes a better server, but contrary > to your unpopular opinion, most think that FreeBSD > makes a better desktop as well. The objective validity of an opinion is not a function of its popularity. And while the opinion that FreeBSD is better for everythin does not surprise me here, I think it would be best for advocacy of the OS to not exaggerate its applicability to real-world situations. Anyone who is misled into believing that he can replace Windows with UNIX by a UNIX zealot is going to be very discouraged by the reality, and might become permanently opposed to UNIX in any role--not good if he ever has to make acquisition decisions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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