12 Dec
2011
12 Dec
'11
6:03 a.m.
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 11 December 2011 14:32, David Riley <fraveydank
at gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed, though I would argue that the reason it's user-friendly to the "other
half" is that the UNIX bits are hidden away very well if you aren't actually
looking for them (with some exceptions; on Lion, I was disgusted to find that the
typematic repeat had been replaced with symbol selection palettes a la iOS, and the only
way to revert to normal behavior was mucking around with the config files with the
terminal. I use the terminal all the time, but I shouldn't have to to fix a major
regression in the user interface). Seeing the Terminal when I open it to do something
tinkery sends most of my repair clients to the couch with the screaming meemies.
Or, as the saying goes: "Unix is plenty user-friendly, it's just picky about who
its friends are."
Ahahaha! Well, true. But it's changing. Don't forget that Mac OS X is
officially UNIX?, as approved by the Open Group. And it's the most
widely-licensed UNIX? there has ever been, either in terms of numbers
of users or in terms of number of systems. I suspect that its sales of
several hundred million licences means that it has outsold /all/ other
commercial Unices there have ever been /put together/. Also, it might amuse ClassicCompers to know that there
is now a
community of people interested in running "classic" early versions of
OS X on older Macs, especially PowerPC Macs. Our own Cameron Kaiser
being something of a hero in this regard. ;?D
Indeed. The funniest damn thing I ever saw, though, was someone running OS X under PearPC
under Linux-m68k on a 68040. I seem to recall they said it took close to a day to even
boot.
- Dave