[CrackMonkey] Uh...

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Don Marti wrote:

> > Heh, she wanted a MacOS X Server machine as much as he did.
> 
> Wow, an OS distribution based on a free un*x clone, with add-on
> proprietary software to make it Macintosh-compatible.

You either forgot, or are ignorant of, the reason for that: 

Adobe.

The reason the GUI was initially proprietary (and had to be) was due to
Adobe's requirements. As X was NOT ready for prime time, they went with
something that worked.

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