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Skriven 2006-06-04 12:10:00 av Robert E Starr JR (2134.babylon5)
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"Rob Perkins" <rperkins@usa.net> wrote in message 
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> Carl wrote:
>
>> No offense intended.  I was just trying to emphasize that you don't even 
>> have to pay anything to use another OS.  All it takes is a download, and 
>> there are hundreds of Linux distributions.
>
> And, if my recent experience in firewall-building is any indicator, all 
> the free ones are shepherded by massive arrogance (some couched in 
> humanitarian terms), and are all way difficult to install. And I'm saying 
> this as a decades-long veteran of *nix systems.

I really wish the Linux community would start filling in the pieces and get 
off their high horse..

They make some strides but then trip over their ideologies.  They think it's 
great to have hundreds of distributions.   I went on a Linux group and just 
gently suggested that maybe standardizing a bit might bring more people to 
Linux and I got almost 200 responses calling me an F___ing s troll that was 
so stupid that I didn't understand that Linux is all about choice.

I tried to explain that if my dad decided to try Linux and was poresented 
with 300+ distributions to pick from he'd just scratch his head and say 
"Never mind."  It would be like going to a car dealer and picking out a car 
and having the dealer ask "Which of these 300+ engines do you want?  They're 
all a bit different."

Then they really discourage people from trying to make money on the platform 
on anything other than consulting.

If they only did a few things differently they'd have a real shot at 
challending Windows for the desktop.  They've blown it the last several 
years.  I hope they figure it out.

Of course that's just the opinion of an "F___ing stupid troll that doesn't 
get it," so don't take it seriusly.

>
>> As to Apple, it will be interesting to see what happens with the shift to 
>> Intel.  SO far, every time Apple has shifted platforms  (680x0 to Power 
>> PC, then to OSX etc) their market share has halved.
>
> That's more a function of how the market grew, than of raw numbers. The 
> Intel move is a good move technologically; PowerPC approaches made it 
> impossible for them to offer a G5 laptop.
>
>   Now they're going into the
>> PC hardware world and they've always considered themselves more of a 
>> hardware company than software.  It will be very interesting to watch.
>
> With the exception of the processor, desktop Apples before the 
> announcement were made with PCI controller chipsets, AGP graphics, IDE/ATA 
> hard drives, and standard PCxxx RAM. They've been in the PC hardware world 
> for years.

Sure.  They almost had to because of the cost factors.  They still see 
themselves as a hardware company though, which is why they're fighting the 
idea of having OSX run on a Dell for instance.  That's an interesting 
position to take these days..

I mentioned it elsewhere...but imagine the idea of OSX being the standard 
desktop for the Linux platform.
THAT would make thinks interesting.
                                                                          
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