[CS-FSLUG] Macs replace university's Linux desktops

[David Aikema]

There may be a lot of open source software underneath, but what the
user sees is basically an entire GUI system developed with a lot of
attention paid to detail and upholding user interface standards
platform-wide.  That's the part (of the OS) that's not open source,
and a very nice part it is indeed.

I suppose that the other component of your argument also leads back to
the discussion a few days ago of whether or not widespread
profitability can be realized from open source software.

David

On 5/27/05, "國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)" <survivor at brisnet.org> wrote:
> I don't know why they'd choose to pay for something that's built from
> mostly open source freebies - Mac OSX doesn't come cheap too.