Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 16th Jun 2005 08:54 UTC
The Mac platform was always considered a premium platform, hence much of its software is shareware or commercial. In the recent days more freeware applications have emerged, but the majority are small utilities and not full scale applications. Enter the world of GNU which can not only provide "free" applications as in beer, but most importantly, "Free", as in Freedom.
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Yurgen wrote:
>Don't like the price of Mac apps? Come to linux or Free/Net/OpenBSD.
And do what there? Use the crappy X desktop environments? No, thanks. I tried them and came back to OSX running.
>We could use some talented icon/theme designers.
It's not about the theme mate, it's about the integration and usability.
Hate to piss in your wheaties, mate, but having both OS X and Linux I can tell you that OS X has a way to go to reach some parts of Openstep integration as well.
I really hope OS X leopard gives me back the power to dwrite nsmenus or whatever that gets rid of the antiquated MacOS menu system and lets me have a freaking Workspace I can reuse instead of the crammed dock presently available.
For those who didn't work at NeXT and Apple, let me just say the SHELF that never materialized is a step in the right direction.
I really wish Steve would convince Keith Olhfs to come back and improve the UI Team.