> This is certainly the strangest, but most exciting thing that I've > seen in the Mac world since I started using the Mac 128 before the > start of time. It's far more profound than the switch from System 6 to > 7 and from 68K to PPC.
OSX wasn't stranger? From bashing UNIX to being UNIX in 10 years? > For us Mac (hardware + OS) users this is a win-win situation. We get > access to a fast laptop (FINALLY) and we get access to Windows > software, all in one fell swoop. It does open us up to X86-based > viruses and exploits, but proper software design will minimise that > danger -- Linux for Intel has a signficant user base now yet viruses > and spyware are still virtually unknown. Viruses, except ye-olde fashioned boot block virus-on-a-floppy-disk, aren't architechture dependent. Entirely OS dependent. Same goes for spyware. > This is (potentially) the start of a desktop monopoly for Intel (not > much different from the status quo anyway), but, given that many of > the Intel patents are expiring or have expired anyone can get in on > the game, even IBM or Motorola if they want ;-). Most of Intels interesting patents will not be expiring for some time - sure, the basic x86 instruction set is fine. but the only reason we have clones is because AMD and Via both have patent-sharing agreements. As goes the GUI's - until OSX comes even close to BeOS for me, its not a good GUI. GNOME gives me the closest I'm going to get on a UNIX system... Cian -- ------------------------- "We're busy running out of time" _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
