Chaps,
On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Alasdair Allan wrote:
> > > Agreed, the whole idea of porting to Yellow Dog Linux on Mac rather
> > > than Mac OS X seems a little crazed. It doesn't really lead to
> > > anything that is worth announcing (I can't imagine that a huge
> > > percentage of Mac users are running linux rather than OSX).
> >
> > I don't understand this at all! It's also true to say that only a small
> > minority of PC users run Linux!
>
> Err, yes, but our enitre customer base is included in that small
> percentage...!?
>
> > I don't see why Mac users should get effort for a native port when there
> > has been no suggestion of porting Starlink software to Windows --- due
> > to immense technical problems.
>
> Because a MacOS native port would probably take a couple of days, and
> Starlink doesn't have to do it. JAC is prepared to do it for us, all TimJ
> wants is Starlink Classic in CVS (or at worst a copy of the "real" source
> code, not the shipped code) to do the port from...
>
> It's quite possible all a MacOS X native port will consist of is some
> makefile tweaks to the linux version. It might even just compile out of
> the box, after all MacOS X is just BSD UNIX with a fancy GUI on top.
>
> Unlike a Windows port, there are no immense technical problems to
> overcome...
>
> > Just why can't Mac users dual-boot???
>
> You have used MacOS X, right? After using it, I don't particularly want to
> use Linux, let alone dual boot a perfectly good Mac... ;)
>
> Al.
>
`Amen', `hear, hear', `precisely so' to all that. One of the great joys
of Mac OS X is that you don't need to dual boot. You can cut through to
Unix and use the two operating systems simulaneously ('cos OS X is just
a front end). It is remarkably convenien.
Clive
(who is typing this into an iBook in precisely this mode).
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