OT: UNIX on Windows

[Bill Vermillion]

Shakespeare wrote plays and sonnets that will last an eternity, 
but on Tue, Dec 07 22:43 , Fairlight wrote:" 

> I really don't have a problem with 'doze as a desktop, as
> long as I'm firewalled correctly. In fact, given a choice
> between X11 (which I like with a NeXTStep-ish WM) and the often
> half-assed collection of tools that work 85% of the way or time
> (look at transcode and lame sometime, for instance), and then
> Windows with fully blown apps that (no matter who wrote them)
> more or less "just work"...well, I'll take what lets you get
> the most out of your multimedia, etc.

XFree86 has sort of grown out of control.

That's one reason the FreeBSD 5.x series now default to
xorg as it's default X system.

Bill
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