BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Robin Becker
The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want Vista, OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't press for FreeBSD. -- Robin Becker __

RE: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Grzegorz Pluta
d- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Becker > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:27 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems" > > The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Robin Becker
Robin Becker wrote: The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want Vista, OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't press for FreeBSD. unfortunately they already close

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm > > They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want > Vista, > OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't press for

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Robin Becker
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want Vista, OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't pres

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bill Moran wrote: > > In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > >> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm > >> > >> They want one individual to represent each OS. App

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread chris neill
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:11:53PM +, Robin Becker wrote: > Robin Becker wrote: > >The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm > > unfortunately they already closed the applications so I guess FreeBSD will > have to remain partially r

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Marco Muskus
2007/1/25, Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm >> >> They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only wa

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Marco Muskus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2007/1/25, Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Bill Moran wrote: > > > In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > > >> > > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm >

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread FreeBSD WickerBill
On 1/25/07, Marco Muskus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/1/25, Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bill Moran wrote: > > In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > >> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm > >> > >> T

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-25 Thread Juha Saarinen
On 1/26/07, Grzegorz Pluta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD variants) for a great many years now. -- Juha http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha ___

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-26 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Robin Becker wrote: The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want Vista, OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't press for FreeBSD. I have complained. Last week

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-26 Thread perryh
> They finally got around to posting linux usage but are apparently > biased or too STOOPIT! to acknowlege *BSD...which seem really odd > as a netcraft query returns: > > Solaris 9/10 Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) 16-Jan-2007 212.58.224.116 > BBC Internet Services, Docklands. This says nothing either wa

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-26 Thread Martin Tournoij
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 08:54:44PM +1300, Juha Saarinen wrote: > On 1/26/07, Grzegorz Pluta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. > > Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD > variants) for a great many years now. I a

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-26 Thread Robert Huff
Juha Saarinen writes: > > People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. > > Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD > variants) for a great many years now. Indeed. Not long after Linux appeared on the radar of the general public, the tech r

Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems"

2007-01-26 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 1/26/07, Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Juha Saarinen writes: > > People from the media doesnt know that FreeBSD Unix exists. > > Rubbish. I have known about the existence of FreeBSD (and other BSD > variants) for a great many years now. Indeed. Not long after Linux appe