From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 14 21:32:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from post-11.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7782637B419 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:32:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-11.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16lkKC-000MUJ-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 05:32:20 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id 8710D4880D for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:32:19 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id CAAD322597; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:32:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:32:19 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD Message-ID: <20020315053219.GA1339@raggedclown.net> References: <000801c1cbd1$fc7d7b90$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs> <15505.28725.937368.158235@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15505.28725.937368.158235@guru.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:53:25PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > [Moved from -questions to -chat.] > > In <000801c1cbd1$fc7d7b90$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs>, Bob Kovacs 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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.
> > 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 Meyer 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 -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message