Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.graphics.cornell.edu!tuba.cit.cornell.edu!crux4!ro11 From: ro11@crux4.cit.cornell.edu (Rohan Oberoi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ... Date: 16 May 1996 21:12:05 GMT Organization: Cornell University Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4ng5n5$e3p@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.253.232.66 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) >Stephane Russell <sstef@sprynet.com> wrote: >> When I read this and all the other news articles alike, I >> understand more why Windows is selling better than Unices. It's >> amazing to see how every Unix groups are fighting against each >> others all the time. This makes you understand why Windows is selling better than Unix ? What a monumentally clueless person you must be. Rather more than 90% of the people who will ratchet up Bill Gates's bank account this month have no clue that anyone is fighting about anything on this newsgroup. We could be making appointments to meet in the parking lot behind Walgreen's wearing red bandannas to settle the FreeBSD vs Linux question once and for all with switchblades and hockey sticks and the vast majority of Windoze users wouldn't know or care. Having installed Windows, FreeBSD and Linux, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Windows sells better primarily because, while it is a lousy operating system, Joe Q. English Major doesn't have to plumb the depths of hardware configuration hell in order to get it up and running, or to do a few useful things with it without bursting a blood vessel. As to why Windows sells better than the Mac, now, that's just marketing... Regards, Rohan.