>If there are any PowerPC users out there who have considered making a
>partition for the Be operating system, I would recommend it.
>
>Here is my reasoning:  since Apple is moving toward the MacOS X operating
>system, it would be very useful for Mac users to gain experience in a
>combination GUI and command-line environment (I'm assuming MacOS X
>has the command-line available to more than just network administrators.)
>And since Be uses UNIX commands on the command-line, the leap from Be
>to MacOS X should be relatively painless.
>
>I suggest this mainly because Be costs only $70 and the well-written BeOS
>Bible costs only $30 (as opposed to over $400 for the MacOS X system
>software.)  And for what it's worth, Be is kind of cool (not
>surprising, since it
>was developed by former Apple developers.)

Actually, MacOS X Server is $200 educationally.  Apple has stated
many, many, many, many times that "the MacOS X Server is not a
desktop OS".  It was designed as a server.  It would be similar to
putting a Novell Server on your desk and expecting to get work done.
You might get some work done, but that's not what it was designed for.

In addition, Apple has stated many times that you shouldn't use MacOS
X Server as a model for what MacOS X Client will look like.  MacOS X
Client should look and act significantly more like a Mac than the
current MacOS X Server does.

I would expect the MacOS X Client software to be significantly
cheaper than the current MacOS X Server.  I would expect it to be in
the same range as the current MacOS.

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Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
Miami Computing and Information Services
Miami University, Oxford, OH
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