From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-24 07:56:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!209.10.34.151!newsfeed.sjc.globix.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!151.164.30.35!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CEE54B6.386CBCD5@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Microsoft vs. Linux vs. ... References: <4519e058.0205230724.38617c60@posting.google.com> <3CED2E66.DD15C13D@despammed.com> <9ff447f2.0205231909.40170d61@posting.google.com> <7nqH8.2777$GB4.388478@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 09:56:54 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1022252217 151.168.144.162 (Fri, 24 May 2002 09:56:57 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 09:56:57 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24651 Date: 2002-05-24T09:56:54-05:00 List-Id: > Linux isn't quite ready for the other ppl who live here, the learning curve > is still too steep, but maybe in the future I will consider it for more than > developing my own OS (GNAT for NT is just too much of a pain for this, > perhaps this will change with it's integration into the gcc toolchain). That was my problem. I wanted Unix, but I needed something I could make easy to use for the wife and kids without being a full-time system administrator. The solution: Mac OS 9 w/ MachTen and now Mac OS X. Unix underneath for me, easier to use than Windows for them. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau