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Why does the kernel matter so much to you?

I guess I was expressing that the stuff that Apple Open Sources seems genuine, legit, honest and I admire that. I guess as I get older I realize (sorry for all the I's) that maybe I should give Apple a second look, on all fronts.

Sure, that makes sense, I just don't quite understand the "convince Apple to go Linux on everything" bit??

In terms of userland tools, OS X has pretty good compatibility with an average Linux distro (yes there are obvious differences between *BSD and GNU implementations of various tools).

Personally I think you should give Apple a(nother) look in terms of a productive workstation machine, even if that's paired with/using services from/developing systems for Linux-based servers.

I for one appreciated all the "I"s! To me it shows that you understand that you are expressing a subjective opinion, not a fact in the world. I think too many people express opinions as facts with puffy language.

Compare yours to "Apple's admirable open source program is genuine and legit. If you've unfairly dismissed them in the past, give them a second look."

He probably just doesn't like Mach. I don't blame 'im; L4 is far superior.

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