Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:42:56 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "James Howard" <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: "Konstantinos Konstantinidis" <kkonstan@duth.gr>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <006c01c17f70$8782de50$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112071730170.8200-100000@y.glue.umd.edu>
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James writes: > Actually, there is something magic about Unix. Unix, > on its own, is so primitive, and any system can be > built on top of it. Yes, that occurred to me. But when you build heavily on a primitive system, you end up with a completely new system. > I am now to the point where I use exclusively > MacOS X on my laptop instead of the Windows > PC on my desk at work. MacOS X really is Unix, > but it has a bautiful interface and brilliantly > designed windowing system on top of it. Can you return to a console interface if you wish? Does it run X clients and servers? Can multiple users log into the system remotely? > Want to build a real-time system? Start with > Unix. Want to build a batch processing system? > Start with Unix. Want a compute server to handle > MATLAB for 120 people at a shot? Start with Unix. Want to build whatever your heart desires? Start with a boot record. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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