Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!convex!iex!ntvax!jbeard From: jbeard@ntvax.uucp (Jeff Beardsley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!! Message-ID: <1989Dec22.181549.27347@ntvax.uucp> Date: 22 Dec 89 18:15:49 GMT References: <33269@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <10673@encore.Encore.COM> Reply-To: jbeard@ntvax.UUCP (Jeff Beardsley) Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 21 >Much as I like the Mac, its interface is not perfect. This is partly >because of developers who fail to appreciate the effort that went into >creating "the rules", but part is also inherent. Ever try to do pipes >on a Mac? How about real multitasking (MultiFinder doesn't help much >when you're trying to write network daemons and such)? If I could have >an interface as intuitive as the Mac's on a machine with a real OS I'd >be very happy. Fortunately my wait is getting shorter, mainly because >Apple is failing to maintain their chokehold on interface technology. Right this moment I am using what I believe is that extremely nice GUI interface and real OS you are looking for: DECwindows on Ultrix. For those who don't know what this is, it is UNIX (combined versions, mostly BSD 4.3 I believe) with a slightly modified Xwindows interface. I work in a lab with MANY Macintosh machines, and I really do like them but this environment KILLS them with its useablity. It is GUI and UNIX command line driven. The BEST of both worlds. -- ----- --------------------- ----- Any similarity between my opinions and the opinion of any other person, living or dead, is purely coincidental.