Re: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and GNAT GPL 2012

[Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 31/07/2012 00:55, in article
d2b60f1b-4f43-4806-9fa7-e6ddd52fe4a4@a7g2000pbm.googlegroups.com, "Jerry"
<lanceboyle@qwest.net> wrote:

> On Jul 30, 1:39�pm, Simon Wright <si...@pushface.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I love my Mac, but can't help worrying about Apple's plans. When it gets
>> to the point that all you can do on a Mac is program for mobile devices
>> and watch cats on YouTube I shall have to tear myself away from it!
> 
> Indeed. I appreciate that the Mac can still be made easier to use by
> "normal" users and thus the move to make the Mac like an iPhone/Pod/
> Pad. But Apple keeps throwing out useful features in the interest of
> improvement for the masses. I could make a list....
> 
> X11 is no longer included in OS X, even as an option.
> http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120719101352282

I can't see how that can be blamed on "improvement for the masses".
They would not even have known that X11 existed.

In any case, OS X automatically redirects X11 users to Xquartz, which
provides a more up-to-date open source alternative.

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