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Gatsby wrote:
> > 
> Simply put:
> 
>     (a)  What can Stampede do that the other two OS' can't?

Has a company behind it.  Possibility of tech support...Great
future - lots of hype, etc.  Can be hard to work with. 
Immature.  Great multitasker.  Multithreading not there at all. 
TCP/IP weak.  Multimedia, e-mail apps suck.  No DVD, USB, etc. 
Window managers can be slow, buggy, unstable.  A lot of the apps
are the same -- not very good.  Has great momentum.
> 
>     (b)  What can FreeBSD do that the other OS' can't?

Probably better than Linux.  Also very stable.  Hardware/apps
are pretty weak for sure.  Uncertain future on desktop.  More
mature than Linux.  Probably lacks multimedia, DVD, USB, etc. 
Most who have used Linux and BSD prefer BSD.  Has momentum.  
> 
>     (c)  What can BeOS do that the other OS' can't?

Multimedia, ease of use, possibly maturity.  Worse apps,
drivers, etc. than Linux.  May be the most "modern".  Maybe
cheap tech support from Be.  It's "revolutionary".  Possibly
less stable than the other two but still real stable.  Fast as
hell too.  Humungous file sizes.  Less certain future than
Linux.  Supports a lot of hardware like cameras, media players,
sound/video cards.  Does not support all motherboards, SCSI
controllers, etc.  Potential to be awesome gaming box.  Serious
lack of printers.  Has a lot of real fast, quite basic apps. 
Has some powerful momentum. 
> 
> 
> >     However, it may also be
>     an essential quality control, since the kernel's are rarely in
>     need of much revamping.  

This one doesn't.
 
It costs some 60 dollars.  However,
>     I saw a version of it(non-commerial) v. 5.0 that was free and
>     downloadable off http://www.beos.com  BeOS is supposed to
>     be the best system at pre-emptive multi-tasking, and the
>     fastest system, which takes advantage of all of the CPU's
>     power, esp modern CPU's.

It's the "media OS".  Buy the book "Be Bible" if you wanna run
it.  Be is real easy to use.  I mean easy.  I mean your grandma
can use it.  The GUI is really great.  I like it.  Hope you
don't think it is "childish".  The founder left Apple and
admires them greatly.  Be could really take off on the desktop. 
I mean like replace Windows, okay?  Or lose it all...    
> 
> Please tell me if any of what I have is wrong, and please elaborate on all
> of it.  Please add to the qualities of each operating system, as u see fit.
> 
> My main use of my computer if for playing games such as
> TombRaider(I - IV) and Descent(I - III), as well as using the internet for
> web-surfing and such.  

How will you play these games on any of these OS's?

I also will want to be using voice commands via voice
> recognition.  

Forget it.  They don't have it.  OS/2 does, though.  Surprised
you didn't check that out.  OS/2 is absolutely awesome, just
like the others.  Probably has more apps/drivers than any of
them, too.  Has about as many users as Linux.  

 As I'm a
> tech-phile, voice command is pretty important to me, so it'd be very
> preferrable if I could use them.  

None of these OS's has it at all.

Also, I like many of the X-Windows Windows
> managers such as SCWM and KDE.  I would like to be able to use them on
> whatever system I pick. 
 
Doubt if you can use them on Be.
-- 
Bob

"We believe that OS/2 is the platform of the 90's." Bill Gates,
1989 (on videotape).

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