Well, this is how it really happened:
SCO licensed Win source from MS as many
others did.
Then they found some SCO code in it and
called Bill who said: "Hm! I don't know - we
just copied some stuff from Linux!".
I see OS X lovers every day and this is what they do when they need to find something:
1. Move window to the left. 2. Move window to the right. 3. Double-click on a folder. 4. Move window up. 5. Make window bigger. 6. Make window a bit smaller. 7. Maximize window. 8. Move window so half of it is off the scereen. 9. Scrach their head. 10. Move window back. 11. Make window a bit smaller. 12. Double-click on a folder. 13. Go back to parent folder. 14. Minimize to the dock. 15. Unhide dock. 16. Find the window just beeing minimized. 17. Restore it. 18. Reposition & resize the window so it takes 2/3s of screen size in both dimensions. 19. Look back and ask me if I really, really need damned file right now? 20.... and if I have seen new versions of iCal and Keynote?
***
It was fun to be able to buy new iBook and have old desktop from old one (all shortcuts, folders and background pic), move all TCP/IP configurations, modem prefs, Internet prefs, all things in Stickies, Scrapbook and NotePad... all apps and docs and all the prefs and bookmarks, cache and history and extensions and evirything else just moved from old machine in few hours and work in the evening on faster/better machine as if nothing happend.
It was fun to buy 12 or so Macs in 12 years and never, ever need to reinstall the OS on any of them. Just keep a copy of it on another volume and copy it all or parts of it back if somethineg goes wrong.
It was fun to read Tog on Interface 10 yrs ago, and it was fun to use THINK C and later CodeWarrior. It was fun to come anywhere (within Mac World) with your notebook, plug the wire and see everything on the network. (or just come - AirPort).
And all of this is forever gone with OS X.
****
After all, PCs are cheapper as people allways said.
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Well, this is how it really happened: SCO licensed Win source from MS as many others did. Then they found some SCO code in it and called Bill who said: "Hm! I don't know - we just copied some stuff from Linux!".
I see OS X lovers every day and this is what they do when they need to find something:
... and if I have seen new versions of iCal and Keynote?
1. Move window to the left.
2. Move window to the right.
3. Double-click on a folder.
4. Move window up.
5. Make window bigger.
6. Make window a bit smaller.
7. Maximize window.
8. Move window so half of it is off the scereen.
9. Scrach their head.
10. Move window back.
11. Make window a bit smaller.
12. Double-click on a folder.
13. Go back to parent folder.
14. Minimize to the dock.
15. Unhide dock.
16. Find the window just beeing minimized.
17. Restore it.
18. Reposition & resize the window so it takes
2/3s of screen size in both dimensions.
19. Look back and ask me if I really, really need damned file right now?
20.
***
It was fun to be able to buy new iBook and have old desktop from old one (all shortcuts, folders and background pic), move all TCP/IP configurations, modem prefs, Internet prefs, all things in Stickies, Scrapbook and NotePad... all apps and docs and all the prefs and bookmarks, cache and history and extensions and evirything else just moved from old machine in few hours and work in the evening on faster/better machine as if nothing happend.
It was fun to buy 12 or so Macs in 12 years and never, ever need to reinstall the OS on any of them. Just keep a copy of it on another volume and copy it all or parts of it back if somethineg goes wrong.
It was fun to read Tog on Interface 10 yrs ago,
and it was fun to use THINK C and later CodeWarrior. It was fun to come anywhere
(within Mac World) with your notebook, plug the wire and see everything on the network.
(or just come - AirPort).
And all of this is forever gone with OS X.
****
After all, PCs are cheapper as people allways said.