Re: [NTLK] credit where it's due, was: More MacPad Rumors

From: Lord Groundhog <LordGroundhog_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue Jul 14 2009 - 10:54:04 EDT

~~~ On 2009/07/14 00:47, Ryan Vetter at physicalconstants@yahoo.ca wrote ~~~

> But in the end, all is well, because everything worked itself out, and we
> wouldn't have OS X if it wasn't for NEXT!
>

Funny thing, but true. And I have to be honest, I still like NeXT. Very
impressive, and when I think that we might have been using Macs with an
OSX-like OS back in the mid-90s, I feel a little sorry.

OTOH, I have to say that OS9's Finder still is what I think of when I think
of a "Finder" -- the OSX implementation is a pale and crippled imitation,
all mouth and no trousers.

It's a shame we couldn't have the best of both worlds.

 
Shalom.
Christian

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