Hello!

[Old Ranger]

illoai at gmail.com wrote:
> On 17/08/07, Adam J Richardson <fatman at crackmonkey.us> wrote:
>   
>> Branko Vukelic wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My name is Branko (a.k.a. FoxBunny in some circles). Until recently I was a
>>> Arch Linux
>>> user, and decided to give FreeBSD a try, for a better desktop experience.
>>> Thanks to the DesktopBSD project (BIG THANKS!) I'm now running FreeBSD on my
>>> box (or is it proper to call DesktopBSD a FreeBSD?).
>>>
>>> I must say I am most impressed by how all this works, from development to
>>> final touches, to actually running and using it. I'm looking forward to
>>> getting involved in the whole BSD scene.
>>>
>>> Nice meeting (sort of) you all!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Branko
>>>       
>> Hi Branko!
>>
>> I guess it's like comparing an Alsatian [FreeBSD] to a Spaniel
>> [DesktopBSD]: they're very different, but both are still dogs. However
>> NetBSD is a cat and Windows is a fish.
>>
>> Feel free to play with my sophisticated model of operating system
>> development, anyone.
>>
>> Maybe I shouldn't have compared FreeBSD to a dog. Whoops. Sorry all.
>>     
>
> If netbsd is a cat, and oh!ess!ten is variously a panther, tiger,
> puma, (pard?  olestra?), openbsd is a fish (and some damned
> anthropomorphic lips), probably freebsd is really a 1938
> pontiac, and windows is a cow-duck hybrid with post-it notes
> stapled to its spine (or maybe that transporter accident from
> Star Trek: Der Movin' Picture!).
>
>   
 From a pilot's point of view:
FreeBSD is an F-4 Phantom.
Mac is a P-38 Trainer.
Windows is a DC-10.

Grins,

ZWH