From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 8 0:12: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C0AE37B419 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 00:11:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (contactdish.atkielski.com [10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fB88BAx19619; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 09:11:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <020b01c17fbf$e5d44760$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Giorgos Keramidas" Cc: "Brad Knowles" , References: <006c01c17f70$8782de50$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <00de01c17fa1$06539e10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <015f01c17fae$74ebc4d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <01c101c17fb8$db2cc960$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011208074954.GD29408@hades.hell.gr> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 09:11:10 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Giorgos writes: > Is the answer "because Apple developed it, and > Apple has the right, being the developer, to > decide what it finds nice to develop" sufficient ... No. I was hoping for an explanation of why Apple chose to pass on one of the much-touted strengths of UNIX, namely, an open-standards-based, widely available implementation of a graphic user interface. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message