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Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac
TrueSatan writes "Miguel de Icaza, via his blog, has explained his gradual move to the Apple Mac platform. 'While I missed the comprehensive Linux toolchain and userland, I did not miss having to chase the proper package for my current version of Linux, or beg someone to package something. Binaries just worked.' Here is one of his main reasons: 'To me, the fragmentation of Linux as a platform, the multiple incompatible distros, and the incompatibilities across versions of the same distro were my Three Mile Island/Chernobyl.' Reaction to his announcement includes a blog post from Jonathan Riddell of Blue Systems/Kubuntu. Given de Icaza's past association with Microsoft (CodePlex Foundation) and the Free Software Foundation's founder Richard Stallman's description of de Icaza as a 'traitor to the free software community,' this might be seen as more of a blow to Microsoft than to GNU/Linux."
So he is leaving the mess he caused?
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Apple's loss is Linux's gain.
founder buys a mac and doesnt look back
Why surprised? He wants to do to Apple what he has done to the Linux world.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
How dare you call Stallman a such a name. You scumbag, you're not even fit to pick the cheese of off Richards feet.
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Linux just doesn't work as a day-to-day end-user platform anymore
So, the Year of Linux on the Desktop finally came, and I missed it?
Who are you trying to scare off with that?
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
Apple lets you sue..whatever you like
Oh Freudian slips how I love thee.. .
Liberty.
... the Linux community continues to talk to themselves across random blog posts. What a small and insignificant bunch.
/* But if I thought Apple killed children and unicorns then I wouldn't use OSX, even if it was the best tool for a job. */
Shit, that'd probably get me to switch to Apple.
If you were me, you'd be good lookin'. - six string samurai
Stallman's description of de Icaza as a 'traitor to the free software community,'
Any enemy of the filthy toe jam eater is a friend of mine.
The slashdot guy?
If someone can provide proof that Apple has been killing unicorns, then I will become a true convert and switch to OSX.
Have you seen a unicorn anywhere in Cupertino recently? No? Here is your proof.
objdump -d exefile
Is far more complete than
man exefile
once you get past the learning curve.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Now, I'd rather just pop in a DVD or download a binary blob and drag it to /Applications. My family time is limited and I'd rather be spending it with them.
That's what the Germans probably said. "I don't care about elections and a free press and all that stuff. I'd rather just have the NAZIS sort things out so I can spend time with my Kinder, Kuche, Kirche"
Now you may say the comparison between Apple and the NAZIS is a bit hyperbolic. But is it really? Both Apple fans and the SS wore mostly black clothes and are almost entirely Caucasian. Sure there are some Asians in there, but then NAZIS were quite keen on the Japanese.
The more you think of it, the more you realise that buying an Apple produced device is exactly the same as voting for the NAZIS.
Still it's better than using Linux or bloody Windows 8.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
You forgot to tell him to get off your lawn.
So Linux is like a shop full of tools and MacOS is like an angle grinder?
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
And, intriguingly, the install disk comes with a free set of "Apple labels" that can be applied to any computer.