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Justin Simoni -- + Freelance Web Design + Internet Application Development + Way Out There Artist [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://justinsimoni.com | 720.436.7701 > > On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 09:53 am, Ric Phillips wrote: >> MS, though not makers of hardware - to any great extent - > Can you name 1 computer actually made by Microsoft, ever? Or are you > talking about joysticks? > >> Hardware may or may not be an essential part of a platform. Oracles, >> Sun, and SAP are also 'platform' vendors - in different market sectors. > and you're saying people who buy a Sun computer are consider the OS > before the hardware? > Do you consider the merits of the stereo system and/or paint job of a > car before you buy it? > >> This is a new platform - not simply an extension of the old Apple >> platform. > You're right it's an extension of the Next platform, mixed with FreeBSD. > There's virtually nothing left of the old Mac OS except the name. > >> My 'guess' is that most PERL hackers would most likely be living in the >> 'colonies' of Apple's current platform. > Which colony, in which Empire, on which planet are you living in?You do > know that this is a 'PERL' list don't you? > >> If you are one of these frontiersmen, you are most definitely NOT the >> person the >> current Apple 'platform' was conceived and developed for. > I think you should go and have a look at the apple website - like any > company, Apple doesn't care who buys its products or for what, just as > long as they sell, and to aid this they have put lots of small > enducements into OSX - like why it can have more Windows like behaviour > for users or network easily with a windows network, or comes with a unix > disk formatting option and optional unix networking styles, or display > more Mac like features - hidden internals, no technical knowledge > required to use programs and no command line with cryptic commands. > > But at the end of the day people buy OSX because they need a new > computer.
