11 Mar
2005
11 Mar
'05
4:44 a.m.
On Thu, March 10, 2005 23:13, Zane H. Healy said:
I'd never have thought to compare BeOS to
OPENSTEP, but in some ways
I can see that comparison. Though OPENSTEP has a serious
relationship with Unix, BeOS simply attempts to be POSIX compatible.
It has a totally none Unix filesystem (IIRC, it's a database), but
like OPENSTEP, it has it's own GUI rather than using X-Windows.
I'll admit that it's an odd comaprison. In the greater OS world, wher you
have "Windows, Linux, Unix, BSD, and Other", I think that OpenStep and
BeOS fall under "other". They're very different from each other, but the
feel is similar - if you know what I mean....
Or not. It's tough to explain. How about "comfortably kooky". :)
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