Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:24:16 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Chris Moline <ugly-daemon@home.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The desktop apathy Message-ID: <p05100319b739a757d45e@[194.78.241.123]> In-Reply-To: <20010529125417.C59899@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010527082742.049003f0@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105252316300.294-100000@molly.telia.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010527082742.049003f0@localhost> <20010527172838.A11174@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010528020324.0487b570@localhost> <20010528140153.A58103@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <001301c0e7b9$9771fd90$2d0101c0@headquarters.local> <20010528235553.G12149@messiah.megadeb.org> <20010529125417.C59899@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net>
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At 12:54 PM -0600 5/29/01, Chris Moline wrote:
> What I
>would like
> is for FreeBSD to be as easy as a Mac or a BeBox.
This is basically the concept of MacOS X. Early indications are
that Apple has a good chance to actually be able to deliver on this
promise, but after nineteen years of seeing them screw up time after
time, I'm taking a "wait-and-see" attitude.
However, this statement of yours conflicts rather completely with
your earlier statement that you "...don't really see the need for a
desktop." Could you clarify?
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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