Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:47:39 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mark Yeck" <y3k@gti.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <020c01c178a1$bea114e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <01cb01c17896$abb81500$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3797.208.216.122.52.1007014935.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu>
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Mark writes: > Being purpose-built isnt in and of itself a > technical advantage ... I disagree. All else being equal, a purpose-built system is always superior to a generalized system. > ... and it could be argued that it's offset > by the fact that UNIX was on the desktop years > before Windows existed. Being around for years has nothing to do with technical suitability for a specific purpose. > As far as I can recall, the only strictly technical > arguement you've offered was the tighter integration > with the hardware (mostly for games). Plus a single-user design, and native GUI support. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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