On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:16 AM, ./aal wrote:
> the mouse was developed to control a Xerox machine. I dont think > that limits it > Actually, the mouse was developed to control an early hypertext system at SRI in 1967. People who later worked at PARC adopted it for the Star system. Apple engineers later saw this stuff on a tour of PARC and Apple bought the rights to a lot of what they saw (just to forestall yet another urban legend...Apple paid Xerox in the form of a pile of stock in Apple, which Xerox in it's inimitable way, sold, JUST before Apple stock took off through the roof in the late 70's. > and to clarify "Linux" refers only to the kernel, the rest of the OS > is GNU. BSD uses a different kernel, but the rest is still GNU, Just > like OSX > No, it isn't. BSD is separate from GNU, and always has been. A large number of tools ARE GNU-based but a lot have their origins in BSD. Read your man pages... > Again, I am not proselytizing. I am simply trying to balance the info. > Please do more research b4 forming your humble opinion Please take your own advice. > > Nothing is an ideal swiss army knife That makes me curious...just what is it that Linux is so much better for than OS X? NOte this is NOT a sarcastic request; but what does Linux do BETTER than OS X? (other than 'hack linux kernels') -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
