But seriously, I like Linux because it has given me access to learning opportunities that are not available in the Windows world. To be able to set up a powerful web server, database, email server, etc, etc for free is something that just wouldn't happen in the proprietary world of Windows. I guess I am talking about FOSS in general, not just GNU/Linux.
I switched to Windows because I was tired of vendor lock-in.
Only being able to get my kernels from kernel.org really sucks!!
With Windows, I have a variety of choices: Bittorrent, Gnutella, Freenet, etc.
All the facts were presented at the press conference - and they were vague at best.
In the spirit of Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign, many journalists have been fabricating their own facts about what Google and Sun announced.
It's ironic that a company that regularly describes itself as "innovative" shows genuine fear towards the concept of free-market competition. If Windows, Office, etc. were such high quality, innovative products, MSFT wouldn't need to hide behind proprietary file formats in order to keep its customers. We will only have true free market capitalism when our file formats, communication protocols, operating systems and hardware are based on open standards.
"What keeps a normal Lindows user from editing their/etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get installing away?"
A normal Lindows user probably wouldn't know that that file even exists, wouldn't know how to edit it, and definitely wouldn't know how to use apt-get, as Lindows is targeted at unskilled Linux newbies.
I think that a future in which GNU/Linux is a dominant desktop OS should suit Apple just fine. If the next version of Quark (for example) only comes out for Linux and Windows, then the Linux version will be either a KDE or Gnome app. Since I can download KDE and Gnome onto my iMac through Fink, there shouldn't be a problem, right? This way Apple can continue to be a profitable niche luxery computer maker, and still be able to run all of the important applications. I am not a programmer, so I may be missing something here, but I would think that Apple could end up riding GNU/Linux's coattails all the way to the bank.
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But seriously, I like Linux because it has given me access to learning opportunities that are not available in the Windows world. To be able to set up a powerful web server, database, email server, etc, etc for free is something that just wouldn't happen in the proprietary world of Windows. I guess I am talking about FOSS in general, not just GNU/Linux.
I switched to Windows because I was tired of vendor lock-in. Only being able to get my kernels from kernel.org really sucks!! With Windows, I have a variety of choices: Bittorrent, Gnutella, Freenet, etc.
All the facts were presented at the press conference - and they were vague at best. In the spirit of Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign, many journalists have been fabricating their own facts about what Google and Sun announced.
It's ironic that a company that regularly describes itself as "innovative" shows genuine fear towards the concept of free-market competition. If Windows, Office, etc. were such high quality, innovative products, MSFT wouldn't need to hide behind proprietary file formats in order to keep its customers. We will only have true free market capitalism when our file formats, communication protocols, operating systems and hardware are based on open standards.
"What keeps a normal Lindows user from editing their /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get installing away?"
A normal Lindows user probably wouldn't know that that file even exists, wouldn't know how to edit it, and definitely wouldn't know how to use apt-get, as Lindows is targeted at unskilled Linux newbies.
Finally, I no longer have to hear that nasty breaking glass sound every time I fold my LCD!
I think that a future in which GNU/Linux is a dominant desktop OS should suit Apple just fine. If the next version of Quark (for example) only comes out for Linux and Windows, then the Linux version will be either a KDE or Gnome app. Since I can download KDE and Gnome onto my iMac through Fink, there shouldn't be a problem, right? This way Apple can continue to be a profitable niche luxery computer maker, and still be able to run all of the important applications. I am not a programmer, so I may be missing something here, but I would think that Apple could end up riding GNU/Linux's coattails all the way to the bank.