--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Patricia M. Godfrey wrote:
> 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.
>
> -- Patricia M. Godfrey
> priscamg@xxxxxxxxxx
>
Hi Patricia,
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.
Jordan