On Mar 14, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Eagle wrote:My favorite example is the Unix filesystem: it's clear that Unix filesystem (/etc, /usr, /var, etc.) was thought out; ditto for the OS X filesystem.
Well, sort of. OS X IS Unix, so yes, it uses the same general filesystem layout.
Sorry, when I said "OS X filesystem," I meant the OS X-specific stuff, things like /Library, /System, ~/Library, etc. Obviously the Unix underpinnings will look familiar because they're the same general /etc, /usr, /bin layout. Also, it's clear that design time went into specifically the package/application bundle layouts. The whole OS is just well thought-out and designed, and that is clear from any honest view of it.
OTOH, back when we had a variety of servers, we had a sign over our server bench: "You are in a twisty maze of different Unixes, all slightly different."
True, and I've used about a dozen Unix (UNIX, Unix, and UNIX-like, whatever you want to call it) systems so I know exactly what that statement means. ;) Linux has done a LOT to unify Unix, and that may be Linux's single greatest accomplishment.
As for your wireless hassles with Win2K, it's widely touted as the most stable windows ever; that was because most hardware didn't work with it :-) It's good as a server OS or corporate workstation (as far as any Windows OS could be called 'good') but considerably less agile as a consumer system.
Win2k is the system I use at work - I can't stand XP (or its Crayola crayon UI) and its predecessors were not sufficient OSes. Win2k is, IMHO, the best OS MS ever released.
Eagle
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