[CrackMonkey] Uh...

[Seth David Schoen]

Deirdre Saoirse writes:

> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Don Marti wrote:
> 
> > 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.

This is a reason, but perhaps not a reason likely to impress Don. :-)

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