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That would require IBM to recommend Apple hardware
Because OS X only runs on Apple hardware. The fact that it's easy to install, highly intuitive, and a delight to work with is simply not enough to convince IBM to endorse its old rival's hardware.

OS X already has the ease of use the Linux distros are trying to invent for Linux. The one drawback is obvious: you can only run OS X on Apple hardware, and that's the way Steve Jobs intends to keep it. It's built on Free BSD, which is similar enough to Linux to have most of the advantages of Linux, such as stability. But unlike the case with Linux, there's nobody in the Mac community who equates user-friendliness and ease of use with stupidity, so OS X is remarkably easy to use and extremely user-friendly and intuitive.

Were Big Blue ever to be burdened with an excess of honesty and integrity--and how likely is that?--there's only one OS it could possibly recommend, and it isn't Windows or Linux.
Posted by: vizenos   Posted on: 07/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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A sad day  WhoIsDaMan | 07/15/05
...but not surprising.  John L. Ries | 07/15/05
That's only part of it  WhoDaMan | 07/15/05
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Perhaps the lack of apps written was  Update victim | 07/16/05
That "FTP files" should read "FTP download" (NT)  Update victim | 07/16/05
re: failure to advertise  frgough@... | 07/15/05
Hardware support  WhoDaMan | 07/15/05
I don't cry for IBM  Mark Miller | 07/16/05
Don't forget the cost  voska | 07/15/05
I disagree, and the sysstems were maintained  Update victim | 07/16/05
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Lame  quietLee | 07/18/05
Agreed  KOS-MOS | 07/15/05
Didn't stick to the plan  WhoDaMan | 07/15/05
Before OS/2, the only way to  Update victim | 07/16/05
Re: A sad day  mtifo@... | 07/15/05
ZDnet: Fix your RSS Links  nucrash | 07/15/05
fix rss links  vinayd@... | 07/15/05
Link to this page  StanB | 07/16/05
This is news?  jgmsys@... | 07/15/05
demise of OS2  steeleweed | 07/15/05
Yes, they didn't push Token Ring like they could have, but....  jgmsys@... | 07/15/05
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but...  DarbyOhara | 07/18/05
Anton...  Linux User 147560 | 07/16/05
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OS/3???? NT and OS/2 were the same  Update victim | 07/16/05
True, but still IBM's fault  John Zern | 07/16/05
I would in part agree on the marketing  Boot_Agnostic | 07/17/05
No, that isn't correct.  rsteiner@... | 07/18/05
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Guess the lawsuit money bought an early retirement  Boot_Agnostic | 07/15/05
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IBM sells Linux machines and services  palmwarrior | 07/15/05
OSX  Boot_Agnostic | 07/15/05
That would require IBM to recommend Apple hardware  vizenos | 07/27/05
Colossal waste  Guy Fawkes | 07/15/05
I don't work for any of them BOB,  Update victim | 07/16/05
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!!! Sign the Open Source OS/2 Petition !!!!  evilmind | 07/16/05
IBMSHould open source the os/2 project  xkmail | 07/18/05

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