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-Thread: a07f3367d7,66dff3c328fa5d28 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Received: by 10.66.84.38 with SMTP id v6mr1695764pay.7.1344320691417; Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Path: g9ni2792649pbo.0!nntp.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ctu-peer!news.nctu.edu.tw!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and GNAT GPL 2012 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:15:10 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net 5pnpmhmYDYTinewnssemAwWtr1TRpROXTJu8FtATfAsfmn1cr5G28ZKq9uh20PFtOY Cancel-Lock: sha1:FqI2X9LnBlHpzsj28iD3BbUexHU= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.33.0.120411 Thread-Topic: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and GNAT GPL 2012 Thread-Index: Ac1usYv1Av9WnKOWfkic0hdTkt6dYg== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 2012-07-31T01:15:10+01:00 List-Id: On 31/07/2012 00:55, in article d2b60f1b-4f43-4806-9fa7-e6ddd52fe4a4@a7g2000pbm.googlegroups.com, "Jerry" wrote: > On Jul 30, 1:39�pm, Simon Wright 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. -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;