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   Message 870 of 1,512   
   #40. Penne to Timberwoof   
   Re: OsX compared to Linux and BeOS   
   13 Feb 05 19:02:47   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.os.linux.mandrake, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: top@food.wins   
      
   Timberwoof wrote:   
      
   > I'm not so sure. Lots of Unix people are moving to OS X because it lets   
      
   Where did you get that statistic?   
      
   > them run the Microsoft Orifice application that "everybody" uses *and* be   
   > unix workstations.   
      
   Open Office is pushing m$ out the door...why else are they lowering the   
   price worldwide?   
      
   > I think that a Linux distro designed to snag Macc users would be a   
   > nightmare for developers to build -- They'd really have to understand UI   
      
   It's already been built...it's called the KDE desktop.   
      
      
      
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