> I don't think Apple will go under, only that they'll morph into
> something else. I've said this.
> I don't think BSD will die. Why should it? There are no commercial
> pressures on BSD and it has some splendid people. All power to it!

Indeed, a good number of which have gone to work for Apple.

>>> You could argue that the combination is
>>> exquisite and that a microkernel is a must have, but to me it seems 
>>> like
>>> an idea 5 years too late (and, what, 10 years after Jobs originally
>>> started pushing it?).
>>
>> Let me take a wild guess: you haven't installed it or worked with it
>> yet, have you?  Suggest you hold off on the dissing with generalities
>> until you have something meaningful to inform the debate.  Certainly,
>> you don't need to try it -- just don't pretend you have based upon the
>> stereotypes suggested here.
>
> I've actually *said* I've never played with it. I can't afford it. I
> don't know anyone who can (or who chooses to install it/use it if they
> can).

Feel free to use it or not, as you like.  Until you do, however, please 
recognize that the conclusions you reached are based upon assumptions 
drawn from speculation and ignorance.