really late entry into the flame,...just here for historical reasons,...
Apple has done alot for open source, more than M$ has at least of late. I really can't see why anyone would argue,...your're arguing about the same sides to the same coin. Mac OSX and Linux are in the same boat.
While everyone is crying about M$,...we should tear the open OS movement apart because some don't think the hardware is open enough? At least Apple is trying,...have you checked out "Palidumb". Historically, Apple has encouraged innovation,...not with open hardware (which would be nice) but with their hands off attidute with what people do with their own information. There is no DRM in APPLE.
I love open source, I push it whererver I can...
but to be snobbish about it is lame. Put that interface on Linux, put it on any operating system, make it easy to use,....that's what Linux has been dying for and Apple is the ones who can actually bring it to the people.
Sorry, but in an OS war, Gnome, Lindows (come on????), as good as it is will not be the thing that makes most people to "switch",...it will be OS X. Apple is doing a great job, and rumor has it that they've developed OS X on a x 86, so,....no mre fighting...were all on the same team anyways, right?
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really late entry into the flame,...just here for historical reasons,...
Apple has done alot for open source, more than M$ has at least of late. I really can't see why anyone would argue,...your're arguing about the same sides to the same coin. Mac OSX and Linux are in the same boat.
While everyone is crying about M$,...we should tear the open OS movement apart because some don't think the hardware is open enough? At least Apple is trying,...have you checked out "Palidumb". Historically, Apple has encouraged innovation,...not with open hardware (which would be nice) but with their hands off attidute with what people do with their own information. There is no DRM in APPLE. I love open source, I push it whererver I can... but to be snobbish about it is lame. Put that interface on Linux, put it on any operating system, make it easy to use,....that's what Linux has been dying for and Apple is the ones who can actually bring it to the people.
Sorry, but in an OS war, Gnome, Lindows (come on????), as good as it is will not be the thing that makes most people to "switch",...it will be OS X. Apple is doing a great job, and rumor has it that they've developed OS X on a x 86, so,....no mre fighting...were all on the same team anyways, right?