Linked by Mystilleef on Mon 29th Sep 2003 06:30 UTC
Linux Linux will become ubiquitous in the year 3000. Okay, that was a horrible joke. Linux is just a kernel, the engine that runs an operating system. By itself, it is essentially useless. Kernels shouldn't be discussed or noticed by normal users. And as such when providing these users with reviews, previews and "professional" opinions, computer consultants, computer reviewers and computer journalists should not spew headlines like "Linux is not ready for prime time", "Linux on the desktop by XXX", "Linux to takeover Windows", "Linux is not ready for desktop" and so on.
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RE: How long does it take?
by contrasutra on Mon 29th Sep 2003 01:56 UTC

Do some research. OSX's entire core is OPEN SOURCE. Hell, even their browser is.

Yes, I know their GUI isn't, but when all the internal system work is done for you, you have time to focus on a GUI.

And why did OSX evolve so quickly?

Because APPLE is a rich company. Money makes the development go quicker.