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In <4gis6m$f1l@bigboote.WPI.EDU> qwerty@wpi.edu (Michael David Scott) writes:

>Apple has absolutely zero to do with the porting of Linux.  It is purely
>an outside effort.  Actually, lack of tech info from Apple is holding it
>up.

Are you sure?  How about this one:

    February 6th 1996

    Apple Computer has teamed up with the Open Software Foundation to port
    the Linux operating system to the Power Macintosh. The freely
    distributable Unix variant is being based upon the Mach 3.0 micro
    kernel and duo expect to have a finished release ready in the second
    quarter of this year. Initially it will run on the older Nubus-based
    Power Macintoshes: the 6100, 7100, 8100 with the 7200, 7500, 8500 and
    9500 models following.

The full story is available at 
http://apt.usa.globalnews.com/powerpc/articles/news/1480.htm

>: Windows users had the choice between at least a dozen of OS's with PMT.
>: They could even run their Windows apps in a PMT environment, at least on
>: OS/2 and SCO.  The PMac users had MacOS as their only option.  Can you see
>: the difference?
>
>Yes, I agree, multiple OS's is nice, but many perfer the ease of the mac and
>reliablity.  It's an easy machine to use when you have work to get done.

Especially when it crashes and your work goes down the drain.

>a prerelease OS.  This is much better than what MS has managed to do with
>an "OS" (well the newest 95 version) that is much newer than Apple's.
>Compared to its competitor, Win95, the MacOS is a winner in my view.

Being better than a piece of crap doesn't mean too much.  MS has NT for
the users who need a solid and powerful platform.  Apple has nothing.

>(MS simply copies apple, take a mirror image of their OS, suprised apple
>doesn't sue).

Apple already tried to sue.  It didn't work.

>Less complex means the user gets to be more productive.

Not quite.  The beginner gets to be more productive faster, at the
expense of the experienced user who is still treated as a beginner by
the system (and is thus less productive).  The opposite approach, taken
by Unix, proved fairly succesful for people who need more than an
wordprocessor and a spreadsheet to get their work done.

Dan
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