From: "Robert Comer" 

> Apple have the right approach. IMO.

Now if they make it easier for people to purchase the hardware, or heaven
forbid, port it to intel...

- Bob Comer


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
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> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3e493e1b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > But which also means investing huge effort in competing with MS in
their
> > > current space may be futile, 'Unix' has a niche in the server end but
I
> > > think pursuing if for general purpose desktops on PCs is a hobby.
> > >
> >
> > or conversely makes MS competing with free / OSS software futile.
>
> MS are already there. 'free/OSS' is struggling to catch up. I'm not
> convinved that 'free' is long term stable as long as the assumption is
that
> it will be developed by people working for free.
>
> > Fine so get the Apple & BeOS people to help build a new gui.
>
> Apple have the right approach. IMO.
>
> > Operating Systems: Design and Implementation?
>
> That's the one.
>
> I think Minix and MicroWindows could be worth examination.
>
> Paul
>

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