It's FreeBSD, or Berkeley UNIX, noted for its stability. -pfc
J R FOX wrote:
> --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Patricia M. Godfrey wrote:
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>> But if, as I think I've heard, Linux works the same way,
>> why not go there? And avoid corporate big Brothers who
>> insist they know what you want to do better than you do.
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>> -- Patricia M. Godfrey
>> priscamg@xxxxxxxx
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> Hi Patricia,
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> I'm pretty sure that the Mac OS is actually some form Linux, under
> the hood. But, there is a rather elaborate GUI, as the face it
> shows to the world. The genius of it (is said to be) how it works
> for the non-techie user, the user-handholding and hiding away of all
> the gory details of running a very capable personal computer system.
> Much more so than what Redmond has achieved -- apparently -- if you
> consider the propensity for things to go wrong. Where else are you
> going to go, to get that level of ease for the relatively clueless ?
> Certainly not with mainstream Linux.
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> Jordan
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