From: "Rich" 

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   "Looks like you were fooled by the elegant & easy-to-use interface."

Not me.  This is the bit that appeals to consumers, not the underlying =
bits.  The same is true of Windows.  Consumers are sold by the UI and =
features not the API or driver model.  If you think consumers care about =
the low level bits then you should stay far away from this business and =
especially its marketing.

Rich

  "Ad"  wrote in message =
news:45d04954$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Oh &

  http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/

  "Don=92t let its elegant and easy-to-use interface fool you. Beneath =
the=20
  surface of Mac OS X lies an industrial-strength UNIX foundation hard =
at=20
  work to ensure that your computing experience remains free of system=20
  crashes and compromised performance. Time-tested security protocols in =

  Mac OS X keep your Mac out of harm=92s way."


  Looks like you were fooled by the elegant & easy-to-use interface.

  "The most widely-sold UNIX-based operating system, Mac OS X offers a=20
  unique combination of technical elements to the discerning geek, such =
as=20
  fine-grained multithreading, Mach 3.0 microkernel, FreeBSD services,=20
  tight hardware integration and SMP-safe drivers, as well as zero=20
  configuration networking. Tiger=92s state-of-the-art kernel features=20
  improved SMP scalability and 64-bit virtual memory, while=20
  standards-based access control lists take UNIX permissions to the next =

  level.


  Command-line Environment

  UNIX users will feel at home in Darwin, the robust BSD environment =
that=20
  underlies Mac OS X. That environment is accessible at any time from =
the=20
  Terminal application. You can also run commands that don=92t require=20
  arguments (such as top) by double-clicking them in the Finder. With =
the=20
  thousands of man pages included in Mac OS X, you can quickly find all=20
  your favorite UNIX tools.

  All of the standard UNIX utilities and scripting languages are =
included=20
  in Mac OS X: editors such as emacs, vim and even ed; file management=20
  tools such as cp, mv, ls and tar; shell scripts including bash (the=20
  default shell), tcsh (csh) and zsh. Tiger adds the korn shell so you =
can=20
  run scripts written for other operating systems more easily. And of=20
  course you can use scripting languages such as Perl, PHP, tcl, Ruby =
and=20
  Python, with native support for the popular Tcl/TK, TKInter and=20
  WxWidgets toolkits. Python users can also script the powerful Quartz=20
  compositing engine. Visit the Open Source page for more Open Source=20
  utilities in Mac OS X."

  & many others.

  The real fight remains between *ix & Windows & Mac OSX is part of *ix.


  Adam
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