MOL future plans

[Romeyn Prescott]

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>I'm curious about the OSX/Darwin motivation. MOL is useful because, 
>for example, it can bridge a productivity gap, either 'real' because 
>some good app is only available in MacOS, or 'imagined' simply 
>because a user feels more comfortable in MacOS. But I tend to see 
>running OSX on MOL on LinuxPPC a bit like running a Windows emulator 
>inside of Redhat-x86 inside of VPC - interesting to do, but what 
>real purpose does it serve? What am I missing here?

I have to say I question this as well.  Given that Mac OS X is an *ix 
as well, someone wanting the functionality of both Mac OS X and X 
apps is better off using Mac OS X as their OS and XDarwin to run 
their X apps.

A co-worker of mine recently had me believing I had woken up in an 
alternate universe.  He's a die-hard Linux freak with a historical, 
well-educated distaste for Macs.  After spending several hours on a 
client's Mac OS X box a couple of weeks ago he declared, "it thinks 
like *I* do!  NOTHING thinks like I do!!!" and begged me for a faster 
Mac than the one he had.  He now has a G4 on his desk and is RABIDLY 
combining OS X's environment and X.  He has Gnome Panels working, is 
now the official package developer of Gaim for Mac OS X, and just 
won't stop.

After seeing what he has been able to accomplish, I would never run 
Linux as my OS only to run OS X "inside" it.  I installed YDL on mG4 
tower because it's my OS 9 box and MOL accomplishes all I need VERY 
handily and I wanted to reclaim the PC I currently use/need for Linux 
as a full-time Windoze 2000 box.  The G4 is GLORIOUSLY faster than 
that PIII/450, but if I needed OS X, it'd be the primary OS.

In short, I question the wisdom of having MOL - OS X compatibility 
anywhere near the top of your development list. If they need X Apps 
AND OS X apps, people should be doing it the other way around.

Of course, that's just MY opinion.  I could be wrong.

...ROMeyn
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