"John S. Gage" wrote: > > > > > > > What appears to have happened in the open source world recently is that > > > Apple has arrogated the open source desktop > > Actually didn't mean this to be perjorative. I believe Apple is very much > on the right track. I hope it succeeds.
OK, but "to arrogate" is by definition perjorative eg from Websters (all the other major dictionaries have similar definitions): "Arrogate \Ar"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arrogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Arrogating.] To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. " Of course many commentators have used the verb "arrogate" when describing the emergence of the MS Windows interface vis-a-vis the Mac interface, or for that matter, the original Mac interface vis-a-vis the GUI research being done at the Xerox PARC labs in the late 70s and early 80s. Tim C > > > by making OSX on top of BSD and > > > releasing the source of the Unix portion. > > > >"Arrogated" is probably a bit unfair. Remember that the UI has always > >been the Mac's
