Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-09-02 Thread Mark Kirkwood
I use Linux for surfing + mail , and Freebsd for coding + research. The choice of which to use for what was just how it happened - rather than any deficiency in either product. I think they are both great. Good to be spoilt for choice. P.s : notice I did not mention that "other" operationg syst

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-09-01 Thread Dragoncrest
For instance, I'm writing this on a Linux box, but have 3 FBSD servers I administer, as well as a small handful of Windows servers I'm responsible for. I also use windows 2000 and XP as well as FBSD and more than 2 distros of Linux at the desktop, from various work and home locations. *

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Lucas Holt
Your conclusion that people mailing from Windows systems don't run FreeBSD is not valid, for one thing. Check your logic. In my case, my webserver is running FreeBSD for my domains. I use Mac OS X's mail.app for email. Plus the obvious, an x86 machine running windows can dual boot FreeBSD.

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Kevin Stevens
--On Saturday, August 30, 2003 19:13 +0700 Denis Troshin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looking at the field MAILER of e-mails' headers, I see that there a lot of people here who are using mail programs like Outlook, Eudora, Mozillafor win32. This means that they run windows systems. S

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread David Gerard
Denis Troshin wrote: Looking at the field MAILER of e-mails' headers, I see that there a lot of people here who are using mail programs like Outlook, Eudora, Mozillafor win32. This means that they run windows systems. So I'm asking why still a lot of people here who hadn't move to Fr

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: "Denis Troshin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 7:13 AM Subject: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD? > Hi! > > Looking at the field MAILER of e-mails' headers, I see that there a > lot of people here who a

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Hendrik Hasenbein
Adam McLaurin wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 08:13, Denis Troshin wrote: Are there any common reasons of why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD? Why do they still prefer windows? To use windows doesn't implicate that the user prefers Windows. Using Windows more often implicates to hate it :).

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread MikeM
On 8/30/2003 at 7:13 PM Denis Troshin wrote: |Hi! Hi. |Looking at the field MAILER of e-mails' headers, I see that there a |lot of people here who are using mail programs like Outlook, Eudora, |Mozillafor win32. This means that they run windows systems. So |I'm asking why still a

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 07:13 PM 30/08/2003 +0700, Denis Troshin wrote: Are there any common reasons of why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD? Why do they still prefer windows? As a desktop I still like the interface better. There are also a lot of applications I use on a regular basis that are not available

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Adam McLaurin
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 08:13, Denis Troshin wrote: > Looking at the field MAILER of e-mails' headers, I see that there a > lot of people here who are using mail programs like Outlook, Eudora, > Mozillafor win32. This means that they run windows systems. So > I'm asking why still a lot

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Paul Everlund
Denis Troshin wrote: Hi! Looking at the field MAILER of e-mails' headers, I see that > there a lot of people here who are using mail programs like > Outlook, Eudora, Mozillafor win32. This means that they > run windows systems. So I'm asking why still a lot of people > here who hadn'

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Todd Stephens
On Saturday 30 August 2003 08:13 am, Denis Troshin wrote: > Are there any common reasons of why people are not satisfied with > FreeBSD? Why do they still prefer windows? I think a lot of people use this list to get advice on how to install FreeBSD and how to resolve issues. I know when I

Re: Why people are not satisfied with FreeBSD?

2003-08-30 Thread Val Smith
Uh, you're assuming everyone on the list use only one type of machine. For instance, I'm writing this on a Linux box, but have 3 FBSD servers I administer, as well as a small handful of Windows servers I'm responsible for. I also use windows 2000 and XP as well as FBSD and more than 2 distros o