Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 03:21:04 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "FreeBSD Advocacy" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the desktop (was: TheRegister article on Hotmail) Message-ID: <014201c29296$f9cc4a20$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20021121161453.GA69019_submonkey.net@ns.sol.net> <008501c2917a$ac643080$0a00000a_atkielski.com@ns.sol.net> <200211221502.gAMF2a6a089963@catflap.bishopston.net> <20021122234047.GB60785@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg writes:
> Agreed 100%. I've had to use Microsoft from
> time to time, but for my purposes it's a toy
> compared to FreeBSD. It would take me several
> times as long to get things done if I had to
> use Microsoft.
I'd hardly expect to hear anything different on a FreeBSD advocacy list.
There are lots of people at Microsoft who say _exactly_ the same thing about
UNIX as a server ("it would take me several times as long to get things done
if I had to use UNIX" or "UNIX is a toy compared to Windows 2000").
Part of rational advocacy is recognizing the strengths AND the weaknesses of
one's favored OS. UNIX is a usually a poor choice for the desktop, and
Windows is often a poor choice for a server. It's important for objective
parties to remain wary of anyone who claims that a single operating system
can do everything better than any other OS.
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