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A Linux User At MacWorld

Posted by timothy on from the interesting-futures-assembling-themselves dept.

usermilk writes "Linux Journal just posted a pretty cool article, A Penguin Angle on the Ox: Day One at Macworld. It features a Linux user's perspective on MacWorld, OS X, Darwin, and how all these things play together. Most interestingly, he comments on the large number of open-source-Unix bigwigs who are now on Apple's payroll. There's also a pretty concise description of the difference between Apple building off of BSD compared to Microsoft trying to also reap the benefits of open source." Doc Searls' perspective makes a great companion to the report from the floor (and part II) that chrisd posted.

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  1. Apple is going nowhere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I keep hearing people say that OS X is the best...period...i've heard that it combines the ease of previous mac OSes and the power and stability of UNIX...I got to try it out on an iMac at my school, and I liked the fact that I still use the good ol' command line and it was indeed easy to use; HOWEVER, I don't think that ANY of this matters...the fact is that PCs have gained a VERY strong foothold in the industry and unless Apple comes out with some sort of revolutionary (and cheap) hardware, then it's not going to be raising its 4% user base...Apple is really only going to expand if it can start making software for PCs...while that may seem like blasphemy to many of you mac users out there, that's the only way I can see Apple having a competing edge in the long run...i'd be MUCH more open to running OS X if it was on a PC...