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Big OSX fan, but I'm without a mac
billy_gates:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
Calum, I think it's going too far to compare Apple with Microsoft. You are assuming that every company who publishes proprietary code are evil, as opposed to other "decent" companies (like SCO, for example ;) ) who open up their source, which, by the way, are not even the majority.
Apple happens to be in that minority. Their business model is even used as an example by Eric Raymond (sorry, I do not endorse Richard Stallman's ethical views). IBM is also quite decent, without opening all of their source.
Ethical business practices existed long before the open source / free software movement started, so it is completely illogical to blame a company on that basis. As Eric Raymond said, open source only makes sense if it benefits the company, and giving away the inferface of OS X would be corporate suicide.
I already said this, but I will repeat that Microsoft is an exceptionally treacherous company, unlike most other entreprises. It is not size or convictions that make a company good or evil. It is interesting to note that M$ was just as bad even when they were small (Bill Gates, for example, gave IBM QDOS, a rip-off of CP/M, the OS of one of his own friends).
I can't resist the pun, but let's stop comparing apples with oranges.
[ May 28, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]
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Are you saying that oranges are evil..... JK
But lets also not forget that Microsoft makes shitty software and apple does not.
Laukev7:
Exactly. One has to take in consideration the way the companie treats its customers.
cocoamix:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
Exactly. One has to take in consideration the way the companie treats its customers.
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Good point.
dont_have_one:
Yeah, I like OS X too, too bad I'm suffering eternal damnation in hell and I'm forced to use windoze 2000 :(
Refalm:
quote:Satan's Minion #666: Yeah, I like OS X too, too bad I'm suffering eternal damnation in hell and I'm forced to use windoze 2000 :(
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You're lucky, some bad guy who's now in Hell is forced to use Windows XP.
This means that Satan had to put you in Hell, but didn't really wanted to, otherwise you'd be using Windows XP. Talk to him, if you behave well, you maybe promoted to heaven (although that almost never hapends).
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