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List:       freebsd-advocacy
Subject:    Re: Some questions re: FreeBSD
From:       Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd () physics ! iisc ! ernet ! in>
Date:       2000-06-26 18:52:21
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David Johnson said on Jun 26, 2000 at 11:04:53:
> Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> > 
> > Daniel C. Sobral said on Jun 24, 2000 at 11:37:28:
> > 
> > > * Because it isn't as forgiving of errors as Windows.
> > 
> > I keep seeing this one and also "it's not as easy to administer as
> > Windows".  Both of which are nonsense (imo).  Any unix has so many
> > inbuilt safeguards that it's *much* more forgiving of errors than
> > windows -- 
> > ...
> 
> I think you sidestepped the point. Windows will forgive you of your
> error and blithly go right ahead and destroy itself.

Yes, I suppose that's what I really meant.  The difference is
"do your bidding and forgive you the error" versus "stop you shooting
yourself in the foot and forgive you the error".

Rahul.


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