NextStep/OpenStep on PC?

From: Carlos Murillo-Sanchez <cem14_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Thu Nov 16 10:50:04 2000

"Cameron Kaiser" wrote:
> Actually, I saw OS X on my friend's G4 and I'm a believer. Apple finally
> did something right -- I could actually get a shell! And it's the only Unix
> implemention I think that adequately hides the nuts and bolts from the dummy
> user without obstructing someone like me from getting into the guts. I could
> get a real man page. Cool!

I also liked it for the most part. However, I did not like
that it needs 128MB to run (though Apple said that the
final version will run in 64MB), nor the fact that the cd comes
without the development environment; that you have to
get separately. Also, I still don't quite like the
"gelcap" look nor the positioning of the window buttons.
But it is a huge improvement, and the best part is
that finally, there is a Mac OS with memory protection.
For me, this was the weakest point of MacOS, in fact
a most serious flaw.

-- 
Carlos Murillo-Sanchez    email:  cem14_at_cornell.edu  
428 Phillips Hall, Electrical Engineering Department
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Received on Thu Nov 16 2000 - 10:50:04 GMT

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