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Apple and Linux Beneficial to Each Other?
slave:
If Apple were smart, they would use Linux as a tool to crush Microsoft on the x86 platform. But perhaps they don't want to do that. Maybe they like Microsoft because Microsoft has always given them their "niche" in the market.
slave:
If Apple were smart, they would use Linux as a tool to crush Microsoft on the x86 platform. But perhaps they don't want to do that. Maybe they like Microsoft because Microsoft has always given them their "niche" in the market.
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
quote:Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
If Apple were smart, they would use Linux as a tool to crush Microsoft on the x86 platform. But perhaps they don't want to do that. Maybe they like Microsoft because Microsoft has always given them their "niche" in the market.
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Apple are smart thats why they are doing this, they know Linux at its pace will have tons of windows software running natively on a UNIX platform very soon, apple probably wants some of this, its something Apple cannot do other than by using VPC.
Mind you a benefit of this would be nobody would need to port software to the apple platform! If everything that runs on windows runs on linux and then runs on Apple whats the point in making different ports?
I don't think Apple are thankful that they have been given their "niche", i think they hate the fact that MS gave them finacial support in 97 because they were nearly bankrupt. Its Apples own fault they have this niche anyway, had they lowered prices when they were infront (when their OS was superior at a time when windows 1.1 was around) they could of had a larger market share early on. But they priced themselves out of a market and thus lost out through no fault of their own.
Pantso:
The core of OS X is Darwin and yes it is Open Source and freely downloadable if that makes any difference. It's also being slowly ported to the x86 platform.
About Quicktime, be patient. You might see it being ported to Linux some time in the near future. I believe that Apple is slowly trying to cut the strings with M$, which is not by any means an easy job.
[ January 31, 2003: Message edited by: Panos ]
Pissed_Macman:
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quote:Originally posted by cahult:
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