Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:07:00 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows Message-ID: <20041025170700.GA1638@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <DB369798-26A5-11D9-9E91-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com> References: <8e.18645afb.2eae7275@aol.com> <20041025163640.GA1244@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <DB369798-26A5-11D9-9E91-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com>
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On 2004-10-25 12:49, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> wrote: >On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2004-10-25 11:15, TM4525@aol.com wrote: >>> You're also missing my point on this. You don't have to get into >>> the guts of windows to make it work. You dont have to be a >>> programmer to tweak all of the applications, in fact I know more >>> than one "windows tech" who knows how to set things up but really >>> has no idea what the settings mean. >> >> This is not really an advantage though, if you ponder a bit the >> implications it has. It basically means that your average "Windows >> tech" knows nothing about the guts of the system (he doesn't need to, >> according to your description). Then, when a day comes that >> something breaks *badly* his best suggestion is "throw away the >> entire thing, and start over with a bootable CD-ROM of Windows XYZ". > > And this differs from your experience in the Windows world...how? :-) I'm not sure I understand your question. Rephrase or make it more specific, because answering to such a vague question is pointless.
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