Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:32:19 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD Message-ID: <20020315053219.GA1339@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <15505.28725.937368.158235@guru.mired.org> References: <000801c1cbd1$fc7d7b90$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs> <15505.28725.937368.158235@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:53:25PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > [Moved from -questions to -chat.] > > In <000801c1cbd1$fc7d7b90$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs>, Bob Kovacs <bkovacs@mindspring.com> typed: > > When will Free BSD have a default desktop as elegant as Mac OSX?. Or is that just a dream. If Apple borrowed elements from Free BSD than why can't the favor be returned and Apple allow Free BSD to use the Aqua interface for Free BSD. > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <HTML><HEAD> > > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When will Free BSD have a default desktop as > > elegant as Mac OSX?. Or is that just a dream. If Apple borrowed elements > > from Free BSD than why can't the favor be returned and Apple allow Free BSD to > > use the Aqua interface for Free BSD.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > Probably about the time the most popular user mail agent on the > internet quits sending HTML by default, and people starts wrapping > lines at 78 characters as RFC 2822 says they should. > > You have to ask Apple why they wouldn't do that. I think the answer is > obvious - if people could get the Mac interface without having to pay > for a Mac, why would anyone buy a Mac? > Also considering the tantrums they used to throw about their icons, I doubt if anyone would dare to copy it's looks... > I also recommend you check out what Jef Raskin - who designed the > original Mac interface - has to say about the OSX interface. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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