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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2002-05-25 08:25:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: byhoe@greenlime.com (Adrian Hoe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Microsoft vs. Linux vs. ... Date: 25 May 2002 08:25:16 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <9ff447f2.0205250725.ee70163@posting.google.com> 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> <3CEE54B6.386CBCD5@despammed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.186.172.40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1022340316 26690 127.0.0.1 (25 May 2002 15:25:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 May 2002 15:25:16 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24760 Date: 2002-05-25T15:25:16+00:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote in message news:<3CEE54B6.386CBCD5@despammed.com>... > > 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. Yeap, state-of-the-art Mac OS X! I like it. If Linux has such user-friendliness, there goes Windows! -- -- Adrian Hoe -- http://adrianhoe.com