The legal future of "Amiga"

[paolone]

Bash shell, fully Unix compatibility, a simple interface for complex inter-process communication, a well designed GUI, great image and video software. The Mac is the 21st Century equivalent of the Amiga...

Let me translate for the masses: "A nice logo on the machine, good design choices and a strong parent company that produces a system we can all become fanboys of. The Mac is the 21st Century equivalent of the Amiga..."

[paolone]

by persia on 2008/12/3 5:03:14

The problem is that this is 2008 not 1988. OS X and Windows have a lock on the market. Even Linux can't make it to the desktop in large numbers.

Main issue of Linux is... Linux itself. You can't get to the masses by hiding a natural complexity under a deep layer of shiny GUI gadgets. MacOS X has success because it's made by people with the USER in mind, not the CODER. Linux still remains a guru choice becase it's enough to scrap a bit the surface, to start looking at an unclever, unfriendly mess of files, libraries and tools with barely intellegible names and functions. People developing this mess loves it too, and won't ever do any auto-criticism.