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Bill Joy on Linux and Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the pass-the-kool-aid dept.

(rfm)2 writes "In a Wired interview, Bill Joy mentions he just got a new dual 2GHz G5 Power Mac with 8 GB RAM and half a terabyte of internal disk. He is clearly underwhelmed by Linux: 'Re-implementing what I designed in 1979 is not interesting to me personally. For kids who are 20 years younger than me, Linux is a great way to cut your teeth. It's a cultural phenomenon and a business phenomenon. Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I much prefer it to Linux.'"

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  1. Re:UI Guidelines for Linux? by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux is a kernel. It doesn't have a UI. Maybe you're thinking of X-Windows, or KDE, or GNOME. None of those are linux-specific, however.

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  2. Re:UI Guidelines for Linux? by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're right.

    Consistently crap.

    Still, at the rate at which OSX is adopting Windows' UI conventions and disfunctions, you won't be able to tell the difference in 2 years time anyway...

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