Linked by David Adams on Mon 15th Oct 2001 02:23 UTC
OS News' review of Mac OS X last week certainly stirred up controversy, partially because some die hard Mac fans perceived that it was improper for an outsider (someone who is not an everyday Mac user) to me making broad criticisms after only a superficial introduction to the New operating system. Well, folks, that's why they call it a review. We thought that Apple's major new OS also deserved a road test, and there were two very important events in Mac OS X history just a few days ago that toppled the last major obstacle to making it ready for millions of Mac users to start using it as their everyday OS: the 10.1 release and the release of Microsoft Office X. Last week, I made the switch and started using Mac OS X as my everyday OS. Here's how it went:
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Its pretty ugly underneath. They use C, C++ and Objective C. So you need compatibility code. Then they use the Mach microkernel. Only Win NT, 2000, XP and GNU/Hurd use that these days. None are fast or very scalable(compared to Solaris, Linux) Objective C is fine, but not common, so programmers have to learn it. Many more people know C/C++ and java. And from what I've heard, Java is becoming the standard for apps and replacing C++. <p> But OS X has a great GUI foundation. With a little polishing, it will be excellent.