[lbo-talk] Re: world improved when you want to lick a computer

[Tim Francis-Wright]

ravi wrote:
> It is a matter of tragic humour to me that the winner in the OS wars is
> neither of the two powerful poles (Apple on the one hand -- we known
> what's best for you -- and *nix on the other -- we'll give you enough
> rope to shoot yourself in the foot) but a strange bastard child that is
> the worst of both worlds (Windows). But I am shifting the discussion...

Do you realize that OS X, which has been Apple's operating system for some
years now, is built upon BSD Unix? (http://developer.apple.com/unix/)
I think those two powerful poles are more linked than you think!

--tim francis-wright || P=NP, at least when N=0 or 1