Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:34:06 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <026501c178c1$62f8fa70$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <004801c17872$98e47b40$6600000a@ach.domain><017f01c1788c$8cb71d90$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15365.52562.394957.602907@guru.mired.org><01fe01c178a1$001d1be0$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15365.58639.39658.89837@guru.mired.org><022901c178ab$8b12cb50$0a00000a@atkielski.com><001401c1789c$f4ea1f60$6600000a@ach.domain><021f01c178a9$43b2c500$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15365.63510.713899.607362@guru.mired.org>
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Mike writes: > Unix kept getting more and more expensive. Last > time I checked, a source license ran to $70K ... The cost of a single systems programmer, in other words. Not very much compared to writing your own OS, and you can't get source licenses for any other OS at all (almost). > 2001 chose HAL because the letters are > one further down the alphabet from IBM. That is an urban legend, according to the author of the novel and screeplay. > Cutter chose WNT for the same reason, except he > started with VMS. As I heard it, his reply when > someone finally asked him about it was "What > took you so long today." That's not exactly a confirmation. More urban legend. > If you can do the job the easy way, why do > it the hard way? Because you're a geek? > ... but there's no reason to hide the > alternatives from them. Linux is not a viable alternative to Windows for non-IT users. No version of UNIX is. > If someone has complaints about the Windows GUI, > it only makes sense to point them at a group that > can provide them with a desktop that lets them > use alternatives to that GUI. If someone has complaints about the cost of gasoline, it only makes sense to point them at a group that can provide them with vehicles that use alternatives to gasoline. > Yes, and we went through it and didn't find > anything that didn't exist for FreeBSD. I didn't find anything that _did_ exist on FreeBSD. > For Illustrator, it's "applix -gr" ... No. For Illustrator, it's "Illustrator." I don't want something else that lets me draw; I want something that is 100% compatible with Illustrator. The same is true for all the other applications I've listed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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