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My loyalty falters...
voidmain:
Uh, you don't have to worry about Linux going down in flames any time soon, or likely ever. But don't be too worried about Mac people converting to Linux, far more Windoids are converting than Mac people. In fact there are probably as many or more Linux people converting to Mac than the other way around.
Tbar:
I have tried and tried to like linux and I honestly don't get the fascination with it. I have tried Red Hat, Mandrake and another that I can't remember the name of off hand. In my opinion, the GUI's suck, both KDE and GNOME, and, again, before linux person freaks out, a command line OS is a step backward. In the real world people like it to be easy and able to learn it quickly.
Until there is a decent gui for Linux with tighter integration, I don't see you average small business owner or casual home owner switching to linux. Speaking as a consultant, Linux is great is some respects. But in the real world, i.e. business world user applications, don't expect to see "the secretary" or "a small business owner" or a "casual home user" to switch to Linux for some time.
As far as my argument for linux/unix needing a good gui, I suppose OSX is it. I believe that OSX is the future.
Just an opinion.
hm_murdock:
I'm back... I'd have been there in the thick of things, but I had my b-day thing... it was a waste. good friends and good times, but it could have been so much better if only everybody could've been there!
anyway, I never wished a pox on Apple. In fact, I wish them well, in hopes that their current ways will change. I hate the way they are now, but not how they were. I'm definitely going to get another Apple computer, probably one of the Power Macs next year with the PPC975. That's gonna be when they start to take names and kick rear end. But until then, there's no point in getting something new.
Mac OS X is the best UNIX available, hands down. It's just not running on hardware that's truly good enough for it. The PPC975 will definitely fix that.
I just hope they'll keep G3-powered stuff and move it down to a lower price-range so that they can compete with Dell.
I, too, agree though that if Apple goes, even in its current form, it's over for computing!
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by The Jimmy James X 10.3.6 / Bob:
Mac OS X is the best UNIX available, hands down. It's just not running on hardware that's truly good enough for it. The PPC975 will definitely fix that.
--- End quote ---
I don't agree. Apple could quite possibly have the best GUI that sits on top of UNIX but Darwin isn't even close to being the best UNIX, in fact it's quite a ways down the line.
Legally, it's not even UNIX, but am totally against the Open Group's trademark so it is UNIX in my book, and also in my book so is Linux.
psyjax:
2 things. Apple recently released the new version of Darwin for x86 I hear it is MUCH improved.
Also, I must agree with Jimmy about OSX being the best DESKTOP UNIX variant. For normal users, it's the bomb.
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