Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 13:21:29 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: Nicole <freelist@webweaver.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD A Solution For Business Message-ID: <19980523132128.D22591@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980523110827.freelist@webweaver.net>; from Nicole on Sat, May 23, 1998 at 11:08:27AM -0700 References: <8677.895915412@time.cdrom.com> <XFMail.980523110827.freelist@webweaver.net>
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On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 11:08:27AM -0700, Nicole wrote: > > On 23-May-98 Jordan K. Hubbard wisely wrote: >>> I must humbly disagree. FreeBSD is not an alternative desktop system >>> for a business environment. No Windozes application user is going to >>> give up Word > >I Agree ><rant> > >Personally I don't want us to go the way of NT in trying to be an >everything system. Remember, M$ goals are to get rid of Win95 after this >new release and merge everything together into one OS. Then just have M$ >workstation and M$ Server. >As we have been shown, there is really very little difference between the >two. > Yes, this is microsoft's stated policy. Sorta like England's policy of 2 centurys ago, "To make the world England" with the same predictable results. >I would rather have FreeBSD focus on being a Killer Server that can also >be used as a desktop. Lets face it, no one but those who love UNIX and >people who have serious tasks to accomplish would use a UNIX OS as their >desktop. > YES!! we should focus on making FreeBSD _THE_ server OS of choice on a selected range of hardware. We already are making very good progress in this area. Pushing FreeBSD as the choice OS for a low-end workstation is also an area where can get a lot of traction. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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