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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The breakthrough is that this is the first time Linux has been brought to the masses by an established and time tested computer company rather than some startup that doesn't exist a year later. Hey Captain Sensable... I am wondering if you have ever heard of a little company, oh what's their name..... I know it has 3 letters... Hmm... Oh yeah! IBM. Yeah I know they'll probably be out of business by the time they finish investing a BILLION dollars into Linux this year... So they are hardly relevant, right? -Jason