On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 13:10 -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > PS : Mac OSX, now offcially a Unix, has shown that > > one can be adapted > > for the avg Joe User. > > Actually sgi was the very first company to prove that a full-blooded, > high-performance, enterprise grade System V UNIX can be made into a > multimedia, user-friendly 3D desktop. > > Just look up IRIX 6.5 on the 'Net. If you'd ever used one, you'd know > exactly what I mean. > > Just to give you some idea of how user-friendly and easy IRIX's 4Dwm > GUI/Desktop was, OS X is still playing catch-up in that arena... You > see, OS X Aqua GUI is mostly braindead for anything more demanding > than web browsing or e-mail, while 4Dwm covered everything, from the > average Joe User "from e-mail to multimedia", while giving the > experienced pro capability to set up high performance, XFS-based > XLV/XVM plexes... > > Strategic error: > sgi hardware cost tens of thousands to millons of USD, and ran only on > sgi/MIPS proprietary hardware. You paid for a Bugatti Veyron of > computers, and you got one, the downside is that sgi is now bankrupt > and IRIX discontinued. That's why Apple is peddling a braindead > version of the same concepts, this time BSD-based.
True - 4Dwm is showing its age, but it has alot in commmon with Amiga Workbench and Atari's own GUI. If there was ever a reason to purchase/buy out SGI it would be for the IRIX gui. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
