[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Mac v. Linux

Will Senn will_senn at comcast.net
Thu Jun 9 09:36:13 CDT 2005


Fred wrote:

>So, as I understand it from this thread, I can have a unix-like os in
>a cool case that has a really neat gui that runs proprietary apps for
>a butt-load more money than what I paid. I also get the idea that my
>mom (81 now), my wife, daughter, grandkids and others that are very
>non-technical cannot like the linux systems that they are all running
>because it is too hard. I must have missed something along the way.
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Nah, you didn't miss anything and you aren't a Linux Fanboy, despite 
appearances. Linux really is just as simple to use as Mac OS X. It's 
totally FREE, and, as you know, even non-techies couldn't be happier 
with their Linux boxes. Mac + Mac OS X is just a flash in the pan that 
is so overpriced ($499 for a Mac Mini with Mac OS X Tiger) that it is 
barely conceivable that they could ever hope to be compared with Linux 
in anything faintly resembling a positive light. How dare those Mac OS X 
Fanboys even voice an opinion.

Almost totally tongue in cheek. I really like Linux and I don't think 
that Mac hookin' up with Intel is going to be the catalyst that causes 
Mac OS X to displace Linux. However, the day I bought my Mac was the day 
I lost my Suse/Libranet/Redhat disks. Thankfully a little digging 
brought me to Ubuntu (which, btw, is an awesome distribution), but, it's 
gotta be noted that I made Mac OS X, the default selection in yaboot.

It is my sincere hope that Linux can learn from Mac OS X and Darwin as 
well as Mac OS X has learned from Linux. I also hope that Mac OS X 
continues to improve and move towards even more open standards.

If wishes was fishes...

Later,

Will




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