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From:	jackyl187@*******.com (warlock .)
Subject:	SR4 Conversion
Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:05:29 -0500

>From: Scott Harrison
<scott@**********.com> >Reply-To: Shadowrun Discussion
<shadowrn@*****.dumpshock.com> >To: Shadowrun Discussion
<shadowrn@*****.dumpshock.com> >Subject: Re: SR4
Conversion >Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:46:56
-0400 > > >On Jul 28, 2005, at 14:13,
warlock .
wrote: > >> SRDiceRoller
program > >>Wonder
if you can convert this to *nix... > > Well, Mac OS X is
*nix.
:-) > > However, no it can not be converted since I am
using the
technology >Apple calls Cocoa. There is a GNU version of the
grandfather of >Cocoa called OPENSTEP, but that is very limited
compared to modern >Cocoa. I doubt Apple will port Cocoa to anything
else since it is >the most powerful development system on the planet,
and helps sells >their computers. I also doubt GNU will be able to
get OPENSTEP up >to the level of Cocoa any time in the realistic
future. And I >really do not want to go back to creating X
interfaces. > > As a friendly suggestion you may want to
go out
and pick yourself >up a Mac mini for $500 and a nice KVM switch to
hook up to your >current devices. Then you can see what Mac OS X is
like compared to >Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, or whatever you are
currently running. >Besides getting all the *nix software to run,
and those silly >productivity apps, you would also be able to get
some really cool >things like Delicious Library and of course
SRDiceRoller. :-) > > By the way, the Delicious Monster
folks
who create Delicious >Library run their business on 2 Mac mini
machines. Fun little >servers they seem to make.
:-) > >-- >Scott
Harrison > 

Tell you what, You send me a mac and I will use it :)

OSX is really cool though, and its the only mac OS I would ever really
consider thus far. But for now, I will stick with Win & *nix. I cant really
afford to get into another os. After all, SR4 Is comiing :)

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