> I was talking about the OS as well. I'm not talking about the OS. I'm talking about the user interface.
JUST the user interface. The user interface that Windows uses is based on a set of user interface guidelines developed by IBM, not Microsoft. You're legally allowed (according to the rules of the Microsoft Sucks Authority) to say nice things about the user interface (the way the interface between the OS and the user behaves) without implying that the OS underneath is any less of a steaming mess of rotting tentacles and unexploded nerve bombs. > Yeah, I'd say your on top of it as well. I guess my point was that if > there is little difference between OS X and other flavors of *nix, the > choice would be (IMHO) based mostly, if not entirely, on aesthetics. Um. No. Not at all. Things like "I'm actually able to get commercial software for OS X" and "I don't have to learn a different user interface for every application" and "I don't have to deal with porting 'all the world's Red Hat' software to FreeBSD just to get a web browser". Actually using Red Hat isn't an option. I've tried that. Having to learn a new OS every time they upgrade (I've used 2.1, 4.1, 6.0, 7.several) is not acceptable. Linux isn't an option, really. I want an OS, not a kernel that's a slow motion explosion of experimental OS design and a hundred unrelated packages flying in formation. Even debian-stable isn't really stable, not in the continental-drift common-source-tree-back-to-1980-when-I-first-worked-on-it sense that BSD is. There's some design flaws in BSD, yes, but they're well understood, I can work around them. Linux? Every time I work on it, it's a different OS altogether. I do software, that's my vocation and avocation, and I simply can't use an OS I can't depend on. That's why I'm using OS X. It's BSD in the blood and bone, and at the same time it's actually got a good enough GUI (for all its faults) that's well integrated enough that lots of people use it. I don't have to scramble for software through Linus' leftovers. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
