From: "Timothy R. Butler" <tbutler@uninetsolutions.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:44:49 -0600 Message-ID: <000601c051b1$281993c0$0101a8c0@g4958> Subject: RE: [SLE] mac osX The end of Linux?
It remains to be seen what MacOS X will become... but it will NOT be the end of Linux. It's hard to say where X will fit into the mix. Linux and MacOS X both have strengths and weaknesses. X will bring an interesting GUI, applications, hardware (G4,iMac, etc...), FireWire, USB and other things to the table that Linux doesn't or hasn't yet. The two platforms are as
You have some good points, although I'm not quite sure of Mac OS X's advantage over Linux. The reason I say this, is that indeed Linux (and UNIX) have been on the PPC platform (G3, PowerMac, iMac, PowerBook, iBook, etc.) for years. Linux, including SuSE out of the box, also include support for USB accessories - and I think IEEE 1394 (Firewire/iLink) also. The main thing I see Apple bringing to the table is Aqua, and so far, Aqua - while interesting - doesn't look any more polished (perhaps less) than X with E or KDE, or Windows ME or 2000. Please correct me if I'm wrong here though, but it looked to me if the tool bars were big (really big), and it really presented nothing new except some eye candy. <p> Just my $0.02... -Tim