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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.dra.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ais.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Followup-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 19 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E86BB4.Mrx@nonexistent.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> <E79F14.n7z@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <332f5ffb.519605@news.sprynet.com> <5h51ma$b1u$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> <333EE698.41C67EA6@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> <3343cbbf.1091644@news.sprynet.com> <5i1216$gc4$1@news3.realtime.net> <33457087.6003026@news.sprynet.com> <334560AC.33476876@webshuttle.ch> X-Trace: 860257983/24885 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 16:33:04 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19805 comp.os.linux.misc:168079 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38490 Tim Tassonis (timtas@webshuttle.ch) wrote: : Goatboy wrote: : > : > >Of all the OS's I've seen, the most elegant and easiest to use had to : > >be Nextstep. Others are only now starting to catch up. : > : > Why then was it a mass market failure? And if it's so great, why : > aren't u using it? And is it as free as linux? Don't think so. : > bla bla : : It was a market failure because it was by court rule (or contract or : whatever) not allowed to be Macintosh compatible. Otherwise probably the : whole Macintosh market would have swapped over to nextstep. But you sure : all know that just by being as clever as you are. That's exactly what Apple is planning to do now that thy've bought Next,right? : Tim