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In article <4iumn9$jn5@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu (Ravi
Krishna Swamy) wrote:

> I do think it's sad that they shoved these research OS's into the
> rest of the world without taking the rough edges off, but I'd much
> rather have some rough edges than something "easy to use" (I've
> never really found them easy to use, but hey...) which crashes
> more than once a month.

Why? The question is ULTIMATE productivity.

Yes a lose a few minutes a week because of crashing - but I gain 100 TIMES
that amount by increased productivity due to a better UI, easier
configurability, and an easier to use system, and having all the "rough
edges" off. Not to mention the Apps that also use the better UI, so I have
CONSISTANCY and a metaphore - something that Unix flavors DO NOT have.

So ultimately I save more time/money by using Mac, even with an occasional
reboot.

Now for a server I can DEFINITELY see your point. Or for lab analysis,
data acquisition, etc. I agree that Unix is cool. Just not for mainstream
usage. 

> All I have to do is go back to my old office and listen to a Mac
> rebooting and I'm happy that I'm using Solaris and Linux.

When I've crashed Solaris (and waited 10 minutes to go through the boot
process) -  or had problems with Sun's because the scripts are all hard
coded to use a CD-ROM and device 3 on the SCSI chain, and we've got ours
on a different address (because we have multiple resident) - or I've had
to reconfigure one of the buggers - I thank GOD I use a Mac most of the
time.
-- 
David K. Every
Sr. Software Engineer
Jostens Learning Corp.