i heard from trustworthy sources that some aspects of XP were coded on
OSX......
:)
i think the apple vs. PC battle is so silly but very entertaining... keep
them coming children
----- Original Message -----
From: "xenlab.ezrpm" <eric@ezrpm.com>
To: "IDM list" <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] what's wrong with Apple
quoted 18 lines most anything can be compiled on windows as well, with cygwin
> most anything can be compiled on windows as well, with cygwin
> (http://www.cygwin.com/). While it may be difficult, and perhaps buggy
> at times, there are plenty of solid implementations of traditionally
> *nix software that can be (re)packaged for windows deployements. given
> that os x is a bsd variant, you're not streaching that far. and for
> every package you need from *nix / open source world - there is bound to
> be a windows equivalent. couple that with the ease of pirating windows
> software, and your argument is not as strong as you might think.
>
> but don't get me wrong. i'm in the market for a new laptop and am
> leaning strongly towards a powerbook.
>
>
>
> mad love,
> .eric
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>
> John/Slackonomics wrote:
>
> > On Nov 1, 2004, at 10:53 PM, Rick Strom wrote:
> >
> >> Nor if it were the multitudes of users who insist
> >> (incorrectly) that their Mac does something a Windoze box don't.
> >
> >
> > I can recompile *Nix apps and use the multitude of free open source
> > apps on my Mac... let me see you try that on Windows. :)
> >
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> > www.mrtangent.com
> >
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