[geeks] Why Linux and not *BSD?

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:13:47AM -0400, James Fogg wrote:

> Then the problem is clear. If someone like myself thinks that BSD
> doesn't have a well rounded selection of software then how can we expect
> average joes to know. Without a "company" and a marketing budget I don't
> know how to get the word out, but it happened for Linux and I'm sure it
> could happened for the BSD's.

There is a company that sells a version of BSD with a well rounded
selection of software. APPLE.

To me it's the best of both worlds. It has the easy to use, designed for
idiots applications that I can use without investing the time to be
a "power user" (oh, do I hate that term) and BSD underneath.

Geoff.

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