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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!ix.netcom.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wco.com!HSNX.wco.com!oriole.sbay.org!news.kjsl.com!news.esinet.net!news1.cstone.net!news5.digex.net!haven.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: Gary Jackson <garyj@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 20:19:01 -0500 Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 37 Message-ID: <33430585.167EB0E7@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> <E79F14.n7z@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <332f5ffb.519605@news.sprynet.com> <5h51ma$b1u$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> <333EE698.41C67EA6@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> <3343cbbf.1091644@news.sprynet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kzin.dorm.umd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19698 comp.os.linux.misc:167689 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38325 Goatboy wrote: > > >There are also the problems associated with tying oneself down to > >one vendor. If Microsoft manages to kill everything else, do you > >think you'll be able to do anything on your computer without Bill > >Gate's stamp of approval? Hell no. Every time you use a Microsoft > >product, you are supporting a technological dictatorship. > > Give me a break. I know microsoft is trying to dominate everything, > but so what? Their main OS, win95, is leaps and strides easy and more > compatible than any other os out there, and it costs about the same as > relatively cheap software (software from $50-100 is cheap; progs like > pagemaker are expensive [$900]). And for small networks NT isn't bad. > It's more stable than any other OS but Linux or freebsd (pc's, not > damn alphas or sgi onyx2's). It's more stable than OS/2, MacOS, win95, > etc. PC World even did tests, and NT was the only one that didn't > crash. And I doubt that many home users support more than 100 people > on a network or run an ISP. And NT is $200. That's not that bad > considering what u get. Face it boys, MS has made computing easier, > and that isn't exactly bad. If Microsoft had a monopoly, do you think the prices would stay down? Is ease of use worth the price of freedom? I think not. It would be one thing if the effects your poor choices and lack of ability were limited to your own little world, but they are not. Every time you buy a Microsoft product, convince another person to buy a Microsoft product, or simply advocate for Microsoft in a public forum, you cast a vote for tyrany. The computer is continually becoming more and more a part of life. The people that control this medium will control the world. -- Gary