Gershwin: OS X-Like Desktop for BSD
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Original: Gershwin: OS X-like desktop for BSD
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dlcarrier
4 months ago
I guess this brings it full circle, from OS X heavily adopting its interface from CDE.
linguae
4 months ago
I wonder if the name Gershwin is a reference to the planned successor to Copland, which was intended to be the original Mac OS 8 before it faced development hell and was ultimately cancelled in 1996, leading to Apple purchasing NeXT?
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