On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:55:39 -0600 (CST), Scott Bennett wrote > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:26:49 -0500 daniel quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >On January 19, 2005 03:06 pm, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >> Fac> I think the "junky old PC" market is just what the current FreeBSD > >> "team" Fac> is targeting. > >> > >> At least someone is thinking of it. There are a lot of PCs out there > >> that are still in perfect working order, but are too slow to run the > >> hugely bloated desktop operating systems (and the "server" versions > >> thereof) that are popular today. Efficient operating systems like UNIX > >> can give these machines new life and purpose and save tremendous > >> resources in the process. > >> > >> Indeed, someone in the Third World without the means to buy a new PC and > >> an expensive Windows license could find a junk PC and install FreeBSD on > >> it for nothing, and be up and running in no time. While UNIX doesn't > >> have the advantages of Windows on the desktop, you can't beat the price, > >> and it'll run on anything. > > > >not to mention the huge environmental implications of producing newer hardware > >every year to support said bloated hardware. if the same job can be done > >with a 10 year old box, i'm glad freebsd is here to help me do it. > > > The recent discussion in this thread causes me to wonder > whether FreeBSD's performance on older, slower equipment could be a contributing > factor to why hardware vendors like Dell and ATI are willing to > provide only limited support for LINUX and none at all for FreeBSD. > After all, if FreeBSD lets a Pentium II w/MMX handle, for example, a > moderately loaded web site or large network firewall or some other > reasonable use and thereby obviating many purchases of hardware > upgrades, why would they want to encourage its use?
AFAIK Dell only provides support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Which is a company. There's probably profit in it for Dell as well. So why would a company that want more money give support for an operating system where is no money to be gained from? Of course, I could be completely wrong in here. So feel free to correct me if I am :) Cheers, Jorn _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
