13 Sep
2004
13 Sep
'04
7:19 a.m.
Had a snafu with my laptop at home (read: a reason not to use XP). As a
result, for a few days I will only be able to check classiccmp email
(easily) at work. Anyone who's been trying to reach me, my apologies!
Jay West
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6:51 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
Nope. OS X is basically OpenSTEP. The OS X Unix API is basically
FreeBSD.
Although successive generations of OS X are dropping more and more of
the OpenSTEP Netinfo insanity in favor of flat-file configuration.
Panther (v10.3.x) really is the best of MacOS combined with the best
of UNIX. It's lovely.
Doc
Once you go
Mac, you'll never go back.
I hear OSX is basically FreeBSD. That's a good reason to switch to me :) 
2:15 p.m.
Nope. OS X is basically OpenSTEP. The OS X Unix
API is basically
FreeBSD.
Although successive generations of OS X are dropping more and more of
the OpenSTEP Netinfo insanity in favor of flat-file configuration.
Yeah, NetInfo drives me nuts. At least there are nice tools for managing
it, but it seems much ado about nothing.
Panther (v10.3.x) really is the best of MacOS
combined with the best
of UNIX. It's lovely.
As a long time MacOS and Unix user, it was nice to finally bridge the two.
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2:42 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Dittman" <dittman(a)dittman.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: laptop incident
> > Panther (v10.3.x) really is the best of
MacOS combined with the
best
> > of UNIX. It's lovely.
>
> As a long time MacOS and Unix user, it was nice to finally bridge the
two.
Finally? It was bridged a long time ago with A/UX.
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The last release os A/UX was 1994 or so (I have it), it wasn't that long
ago.
8:54 p.m.
> > Panther (v10.3.x) really is the best of
MacOS combined with the best
> > of UNIX. It's lovely.
> As a long time MacOS and Unix user, it was nice
to finally bridge the two.
Finally? It was bridged a long time ago with A/UX.
True, although I think OS X meets that goal more fully not because of any
engineering achievement relative to A/UX; rather, Apple is going entirely
that direction instead of half-heartedly like they did in the A/UX days.
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