if(1) cool news for us -salahuddin_66
registered Linux user number 362610 http://counter.li.org/ ----- Original Message ---- From: russell kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 2, 2007 9:13:05 PM Subject: Re: [bdlug] Next Version of Mac OS X to use Linux Kernel You could be right! Here is the original link: http://www.linux. org/news/ LO2007/mac_ kernel.html Jamil Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: I guess it is a April fool news? :-)) On 02 Apr 2007 06:16:51 -0700, russell kabir <russell33rd@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > Next Version of Mac OS X to use Linux Kernel by Winona Foryears, > Computer Purchaser News > April 1, 2007 > Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced on Friday that the next version of Mac > OS X, named 'Margay' will use the Linux kernel. > At a press conference at the famous Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New > York, Jobs told reporters that the change marked a radical shift on how the > iconic operating system would work. "OS X is getting a bit too user > friendly," remarked Jobs, wearing his trademark black turtleneck - now with > a penguin logo visible on the upper right, "and we need to snap our Mac > users out of their complacency. Hardware may now need a little tweaking at > first. They will find this a bit more challenging but I think challenge is > good." Jobs commented on what he saw as a plus for Linux users. "For all of > you Linux geeks - some good news - your iPods will work right out of the box > now." > Linus Torvalds, who has been using Mac hardware himself for some time, > though not Apple's operating system, explained that the switch means that > Mac OS X will become, essentially, another Linux distribution. "Mac OS X > will now be a Linux distro and I intend on using it. It will go well with my > hardware", remarked the Finnish programmer. > When asked for comment, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed that he > was not happy with Apple's move. "Ubuntu has been the top rated distro at > Distrowatch. com for years. Now Mac OS X will take its place and I don't > think it's fair. We've paid our dues - they haven't." Asked if his own > popularity within the community would be eclipsed by Jobs', Shuttleworth > remarked: "I've traveled in space in a rocket ship. I'd like to see Jobs top > that." > As to whether the internal names of the operating system would change from > being based on felines to being based on types of penguins, Jobs had this to > say: "No, we're sticking with the cat names. This one is still going to be > called 'Margay'. We've done an algorithmic study and eventually, after going > through names like 'Cheetah, Puma, etc, we'd get to 'Margay' sometime around > 2057. Well, I don't like that name, so I figured we'd use it early and get > rid of it. The alternative was 'Sabre Toothed Tiger', but of course, that's > a dead, extinct cat and plus it contains the word 'Tiger', which we've > already used." > Jobs added that the new Linux-based Mac OS X 'Margay' would be available > at Apple Store locations across the world on June 31. When asked if Apple > would be making the operating system available as a free download, Jobs, > made a gesture and replied: "Download this!" > > ------------ --------- --------- --- > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------ --------- --------- --- Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. 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