11 Aug
2007
11 Aug
'07
5:31 p.m.
At 12:54 PM -0700 8/11/07, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Another stupid question (forgive me, I am woefully
ignorant about
present-day "state of the Mac" issues:
If OS X is really Unix under the hood, then why do vendors of several
of my high-end applications that are offered in Windoze and OS X
versions all say "We have no plans for a Linux version"? It would
seem to be a pretty easy thing to do.
While Mac OS X has a UNIX layer under the hood, the GUI is where it
is less than compatible. While X-Windows is available, and so can
run UNIX GUI applications, most Mac users don't even have it
installed. Most Mac applications are written for the native Mac OS X
GUI.
Zane
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