Yes, Dmitri, my Mac-using friends lack professionalism because they
use Macs...
*sigh*
Guy
On 24/10/2008, at 1:56 PM, Dmitri Girski wrote:
Heh, you don't want to consider yourself being a housewife in
computers? :)) But you said that your friends selected MacOs because
"it's got unix under the hood, looks great".... That's the
professional choice, I'll tell you!
Actually, I don't think that is wrong - computers should be easy to
use. I presume that you don't know how do injectors work in your
car's engine. Neither do I. And this is good. But if you are a
mechanic and you want to work on Apple's car you will find that
everything consists of a roseish/shiny plastic things which don't
allow hammering/screwing and other actions. But their conform with
every National Standard.
PS And I'll leave your comment regarding my experience in maintaining
Leopard out of scope.
Cheers,
Dmitri.
--- In [email protected], Guy Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think it's interesting that people who bag people who prefer Macs
> often resort to comments like "oh it's fine for people who don't
know
> anything about computers" or "it's good for housewives".
>
> According to Apple, Mac OS X is a fully compliant UNIX:
>
> "UNIX certification.
>
> Leopard is an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to
the
> SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell
Utilities,
> and Threads. Since Leopard can compile and run all your existing
UNIX
> code, you can deploy it in environments that demand full
conformance —
> complete with hooks to maintain compatibility with existing
software. "
>
> So, what is it missing, in your experience?
>
> Guy
>
>
>
> On 24/10/2008, at 11:23 AM, Dmitri Girski wrote:
>
> > Hi Guy,
> >
> > I know FreeBSD/Linux quite well to say that OSX's underlying
unix is
> > just a castrated version of FreeBSD to make it safe for the
> > housewifes/designers.
> > If they are not happy with Win/Cygwin I doubt that they found a
> > happiness with MacOs.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dmitri.
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Guy Morton <guy@> wrote:
> > >
> > > That's not so true any more. I have lots of hard-core geek
friends
> > and
> > > many of them are moving to OSX because it's got unix under the
hood,
> >
> >
> >
>
