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Re: Linux and winning

Author:Benoit Cazenave
Posted:3/6/1999; 6:13:26 AM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 3/5/99
Msg #:3705 (In response to 3701)
Prev/Next:3704 / 3706

The power of Frontier with the stability of Unix. Mmmmm...

Dave, talking about UNIX and Linux, what is your plans with OS X Server? It seems easier to port a Mac app to this platform than to UNIX/Linux for sure. I gave up trying to use a Mac as a server because it just wasn't robust enough. I didn't go the UNIX/Linux way because they don't support all the serving needs I have (Appleshare, SMTP, Frontier, 4th Dimension), so now I have this NT box that does the job. It's hidden in a closet and nobody knows it is there :) ! Of course it does its job pretty well, wasn't too expensive hardware, but it just isn't sexy!

I think choice is great. When Frontier for PC was announced I thought that was an excellent decision : all my friends on PCs would finally get a chance to use a great Mac only program (the same thing happened with ACI's 4th Dimension). The more platforms supported the more users ! And more users means a better community (and different viewpoints). I understand that the gap between Linux and Windows/MacOS is huge : the UI APIs are missing. I wonder if anyone in the Linux community is working on this (I am Linux blind... :)) ? A red or blue box would help Linux alot getting on the desktops.

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