Subject: RE: OSX vs. YDL
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 08:59:35 MST
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Christopher Murtagh wrote:
> First off, Darwin is *not* a UNIX, it is 'UNIX based'. To be come a true
> 'UNIX' Apple would have to submit Darwin to standards compliancy tests and
> pay a fee.
Pedant. Who really cares?
> This statement 'because you can't beat the support darwin has for the mac
> platform' doesn't make any sense. Linux runs on *more* Apple hardware than
> Darwin does,
He did specifically say for the "mac platform" so the fact that
Linux runs on other platforms is irrelevant.
> and on the hardware that they both run on, Linux runs faster.
No... X11 + a window manager (pick one) runs faster than the
Aqua UI. Unix processes run just as fast.
- Paul
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