From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 9 10:06:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C2CA106566B for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F7A8FC12 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:06:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-185-71.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.185.71]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE3BE1E64F; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:06:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id q29A6ee4044812; Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:06:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:06:40 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Bruno Comerci Message-Id: <20120309110640.1018aa0b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:06:49 -0000 On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 01:56:25 -0300, Bruno Comerci wrote: > Instead of wasting your time and man power, why wont you > join to the ReactOS project? Because I like to _act_, instead to just RE-act. REact to some old-fashioned and spoiled concepts and incompatible infrastructures without any future... > It would be more beneficial to the internet community [...] You _know_ that the "inner bowels" of the Internet run UNIX, _not_ "Windows", right? > [...] and > to the users around the world who wants a free OS with > similar looking and functions than Windows, [...] Just install the Redmond-inspired themes for KDE or Gnome, install wine, and I assume for 99% of imaginable cases you have a solution, if it _has_ to be some "Windows" stuff. If not, learn something new - which is the _real_ benefit than hanging around with short-term knowledge as it is common in MICROS~1 land -, and use a free alternative. Better security, more features, less money. > [...] if you just throw away your FreeBSD Throw away something that just works? Who could be that heavily distracted from reality? > [...] and join forces with the ReactOS team to accelerate > their process. Nothing to say against that passage, but resources in FreeBSD development are limited. They are better invested in bringing FreeBSD into its future - because it _has_ a future (unlike legacy operating systems that seem to be intended to primarily run commercial software that has been expensive when bought, but that won't run on current MICROS~1 technology). > Actually there isnt any single free OS that can be fully > trusted, [...] OpenBSD? :-) Really: Only operating systems that are available as source code have the chance to be trusted. The more people perform audits and actually look at the source code, the better it is. > [...] but ReactOS seems to be that one that we all are wating for. At least _I_ am not waiting for it (which proves your allquantified "we all" as false by one counterexample -- simple logic). I would - under no circumstances - trade a stable and powerful OS that runs a plethora of applications and utilizes modern technology for something that tries to be like "Windows", even if it's better in terms of source availability, but worse as it's repeating all the things that MICROS~1 has done wrong. > Common world's citizen who dont have money to pay Windows [...] To be honest, I would even pay money for FreeBSD if it was a commercial OS, because it really does what I need. Luckily, it can be obtained and used for free, unlike "Windows" which you can't even try out without contamining your hard disk. > [...] and dont trust Linux and any other Unix-based OS. Why is that? Do you believe that imitating MICROS~1 technology is generally better? Or what is the reason? I'd be interested in learning more. For further trust, an OpenBSD psychotherapy is highly advised. ... I also run OpenBSD, so don't bash me for this comment. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...