Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:35:42 -0500 (EST) From: James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112071730170.8200-100000@y.glue.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Real-time process control, timesharing, dedicated batch, and dedicated > desktop? I don't think so. I've never seen an OS that can do all that > efficiently, and there's nothing magic about UNIX. Actually, there is something magic about Unix. Unix, on its own, is so primitive, and any system can be built on top of it. I am now to the point where I use exclusively MacOS X on my laptop instead of the Windows PC on my desk at work. MacOS X really is Unix, but it has a bautiful interface and brilliantly designed windowing system on top of it. Not your style? I have a FreeBSD firewall sitting in the closet here. Or a satellite communications gateway running Linux in the next cube over. Want to build a real-time system? Start with Unix. Want to build a batch processing system? Start with Unix. Want a compute server to handle MATLAB for 120 people at a shot? Start with Unix. Unix is magical in a very important way. There is no magic. As a result, you are not forced into using your computer in ANY particular way and can use it in the way that best suits your needs. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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