Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/13/02 simon@camera-craftsman.com wrote: >I'm not a tecchie, but isn't Mac OS-X basically unix with a GUI? It's BSD Unix with a couple of complicated layers on top. The layers are rather more than a GUI though. The HUGE advantage to apple is that the OS is now effectively portable so they are not tied to a chip any more. They will probably stick with Motorola but there are other more exotic options available. There is a school of thought which says that the first company to bring Unix to a desktop PC will ultimately win. Mac OS X, the Leica of... oh, God, I'm really back. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html