28 Jul
2001
28 Jul
'01
12:24 p.m.
Personally, I think there's too much UNIX in OSX.
They not only took the
kernel, but the entire environment as well.
Otherwise, (this wioll keep us within the ten-year rule), it reminds me of
MiNT/MultiTOS. Incompetent OS programmers who can't make a functioning, full-
featured system of their own just take a kernel off the rack and add some
glue. Granted, OSX is an entirely new system of its own whereas MiNT retained
TOS capability. But it's a tried and old concept.
It's still easy to see the NeXTstep heritage in OS X too. If
a person is familiar with the way that NeXTstep/OpenStep does things,
OS X should be an easy transition. There's no doubt that NeXTstep
made for a more powerful OS but did the things taken from the classic
Mac OS make it easy enough to use for even a beginner?
Jeff
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