Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:36:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Tim Ryder <jawse@yahoo.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The joys of Windows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007181423100.51881-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20000718165600.13757.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Tim Ryder wrote: > I dont see why everyone here hates windows. I am a > linux/bsd/windows user at home and windows user at work. When I > am home i use linux because it is interesting, not because it is > better, because it really isnt better. When I go to work I use > window because its time to get some real work done. "Real work"? Define that. I do LOTS of "real work" on FreeBSD. > All this talk about bsd and linux being better than windows is > bullshit. I have windows 2000 and when I do anything on FreeBSD > or Linux, it is always slower then when I do it on windows and now > with win 2000 out, windows even has better memory management. Where are you getting the crack you're smoking? Windows 2000 is by far the slowest pile of crap I have ever encountered. It turns my PIII-850 systems into 486 equivalents (OK, not quite THAT bad, but it is far slower than NT4 on the same system). I work with a LOT of various systems running Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000, so I have a good perspective on what performs well and what doesn't. I also use FreeBSD on my personal workstations at home and at work. I wouldn't give up FreeBSD for anything, but I do require Windows for certain applications that don't exist on FreeBSD or Linux. This is why I bought VMWare so that I never have to leave FreeBSD. :-) > I like linux and freebsd, but I also know that right now for the > desktop and home use, windows 2000 is by far the better option. I > really hope that BSD or Linux someday is better than windows and > then I will use them for everything, but until then you just cant > beat windows. "A better option" is pretty relative. If the applications you want run on Linux or FreeBSD, Windows is definately not a better option. Ditto for the other direction, too. I _can_ say with authority that Windows is a pain in the butt from an administrative point of view. I administrate nearly a thousand various Windows machines and would LOVE if they all ran FreeBSD instead. Of course, then I would be out of a job because machines would stay running for years instead of days. :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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