From: johnsd2@lib102.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson)
Subject: Re: Need to convince boss 486's are *not* w
Reply-To: johnsd2@lib102.its.rpi.edu.its1
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:21:57 GMT

In article 5t8@world.std.com, kaya@world.std.com (Kaya Bekiroglu) writes:
>In article <1jktgjINNfnn@pith.uoregon.edu> rtaylor@cie.uoregon.edu (Russ Taylor) writes:
>>Don McGregor (drm@esl.com) wrote:
>>: In article <3gg359q@rpi.edu> johnsd2@vccnw04.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel  
>>: Norman Johnson) writes:
>>: > 
>>: >This is a little inaccurate- this sort of stuff happens if you delete one
>>: > file on the NeXT, from what I am hearing. And the NeXT does nothing
>>: > to even warn you, never mind recover.
>>: 
>>: The correct way to do this on the NeXT does not involve deleting any  
>>: files.  You log in as root and type, in a terminal window, 
>>: 
>>: dwrite loginwindow ImageFile <path>
>>: 
>>I'll take dropping a file named StartupScreen into the system folder any day.
>
>Sorry to rain on your parade, but you can drag and drop the TIFF icon
>into Terminal and it will automatically imput the path to that file.
>Which is pretty neat, if not the exact equivalent to the mac.

It isn't even vaguely equivalent. What's this have to do with it?

>How many StartupScreens can you have in the system folder at one
>time?

As many as you like. But wo/ additional software, only one gets used.

>  What if you wanted to randomly select a login screen from
>a directory of nice ones you've collected?

I think there's an init to do it.

>   What if you wanted to
>insert something into the logoff hook that would change the path
>to a different login image every time you logged in?  I wonder why
>Apple doesn't do this.  Probably because they would be flamed.

No, because its not very usefull. (neither are startupscreens, so
don't ask me why they did them.)

>>
>>Or a quicktime movie named Startup movie....
>>Or any of the 20-odd inits I have running on my computer...
>
>You can launch apps automatically at startup by dragging the icon
>into one of several "dock extenders" such as Engage from, I believe,
>Millenium Software Labs.  I have never used it so I can't comment.
>It is supposed to be quite the awsome app.

We, of course, just use the finder. All this and much much more, its
the amazing Ginsu Finder! :)

>>Or freedom from Unix, the demon of all OSes (nonstandard standard...blech!)
>
>I would much rather have freedom from the MacOS, a monopolized effimate
>OS with a vice grip on the Mac world.  Trading neat soundbites is fun
>but unproductive.

You want to be Free from the MacOS, so you go to... NeXT?

Huh?

If you don't like proprietary OSes, shouldn't you be on a PC?

(ps.. effimate? Sorta like coffeemate?)

>>
>>Or fast 32-bit graphics.....
>
>32-bit being defined as - standard hardware, supported by the OS, or
>availible mother-of-all-add-ons?

Supported by the OS. (used to be the mother of all add ons, but
got rolled in)

Also supported by standard hardware on some macs, not others. (Personally,
I think the 8 bit support is more usefull, but that's just me)

>>Or software....
>
>I just know I'm going to get an ulcer. :)

So hang out on alt.non.sequitur. And the plaid sofas bite my
rhubarb!

>>Or, yes, a good if not terrific development environment coupled with a 
>>USABLE OS.
>
>Define it, please.  What makes the NeXT unusable?  Please don't insult
>yourself by pointing to that login thing.  :)

Perhaps he means that the MacOS actaully does work, despite what some
NeXTheads have said? :)

[deletia- what nobody is talking about, including me]


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