Re: [PLUG] <compumike:#plug> dude debian rocks!

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

Mike Leone wrote:


> > your choice of window manager.  So with Apple using BSD and free
> > software and at the same time all of the Linux apps compiled to run on
> > BSD makes for an excellent system free from a standard controled by a
> > single entity.
>
> Apple hardware is all proprietary, and manufacture is controlled by one
> company - Apple. There aren't even any licensed clone system manufacturers
> anymore; Apple declined to renew the licensing deals.
>
> So by using Apple you are in no way "free from a standard controlled by a
> single entity", as the main hardware (and accompanying firmware, I believe)
> can only be built by/purchased from Apple.

Is there any truth to the rumor that OS x lets you run native OS X 
programs, older Mac programs in "classic" mode, Window programs in 
classic mode with the virtual windows emulator, and unix programs due to 
the BSD "chassis"?

art
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