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Ben Goodger wrote:
> On 05/07/06, *Rob Beard* <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Ben Goodger wrote:
> > On 05/07/06, *Rob Beard* <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
> >
> > Ben Goodger wrote:
> > > On 05/07/06, *Julian Hall* <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
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> <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
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> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5150508.stm
> > >
> > > Ummmm Macs aren't the only option are they? :)
> > >
> > >
> > > <bbc> What you're forgetting is that Linux is not used by
> anyone
> > > except uber-geeks, and for that reason it's fine to ignore it
> > utterly,
> > > even down to using Realplayer for streaming media.</bbc>
> > >
> > > No, they're not, but for the average UK tv-license-payer, you
> > mustn't
> > > forget that Windows is a part of the computer, as is AOL.
> A Mac
> > is the
> > > only even vaguely applicable alternative for them ("what's
> this
> > > colonel thing?!")
> > > But meh: Mac == BSD == UNIX =~ Linux, so what's the big
> deal? The
> > > point is to leave Windows - for all Sophos cares, we could
> probably
> > > put people on ERNIE-2 dumb terminals...
> >
> > ("what's this colonel thing?!") = The guy who knows what the
> secret
> > herbs & spices are for a certain brand of fried chicken :-)
> >
> > Mac == BSD == UNIX =~ Linux - Well not far off. I think the big
> > differences would be the licence and freedoms. I don't see
> Apple
> > giving
> > away the source code for all their nice GUI features, or
> allowing
> > anyone
> > to port/run MacOS X on any hardware.
> >
> >
> > You can run Mac OS X on any hardware, there's a procedure for
> doing it
> > somewhere...
> > The freedoms are largely immaterial from a security standpoint,
> > particularly since all of the essential bits of those OSes (I was
> > using UNIX to refer to a type of OS , e.g. "windows, mac os 9,
> unix")
> > are open-source/free.
> Well you say ANY hardware but I wasn't aware you could run OS X on
> a Sun
> UltraSparc box which you can with Linux. ;-)
>
I stand corrected on the above comment. It appears that Apple's
engineers did do a technical port of OS X to the Ultra Sparc!
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2000/12/20001217112231.shtml (be warned -
lots of annoying popups on that page).
Still they haven't got a released to public version of OS X for Sparc.
>
> Of course the underlying parts (Darwin) are open source (under a BSD
> licence?) but the nice gui isn't though is it. Not to mention Apple
> aren't too happy with people running MacOS X on non-Apple branded
> x86-compatible hardware even though it is possible.
>
>
> It's possible to get the shiney GUI if you have an OS X cd, as far as
> I recall.
>
But the source too? I doubt Apple would let that go, it's the crown jewels.
Rob
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