Bill Gates, co-founder at Microsoft and co-chair at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, addresses his view of Apple's battle against an FBI court order to unlock an iPhone belonging to a shooter involved in the San Bernardino, California terror attack and the need for a balance between privacy and government access.
That's pretty much the same with Apple's products, whether you prefer them to anyone else's products or not is just a matter of personal taste. I'm not saying they are better or worse, just as different as any Unix/Linux flavor to say Windows, but you cannot just disregard any platform's "virtues" (take with a grain of salt, will you?) just because "it's not really well suited for casual exploration."
P.S. I'm confused... doesn't my SO's '02 silver Carrera qualify as a Porsche? I keep corrected then, sir.
Nope... maybe I haven't made myself clear (not english native speaker, sorry), but my point is more like: "Porsches are expensive. I'm told it's fun to drive one but, since they are so expensive, not everyone (at least not me!) can afford it. So I cannot comment on whether it's a good car or not, I don't really know."
GP's comment goes along "Porsches are expensive. I'm told it's fun to drive one but, since they are so expensive, not everyone can afford it. So everyone who says Porsches are better than Yugos is a fanboy and a snob."
Insightful my ass. A Porsche driving experience then is a myth as well, bolstered by fanboys et al, since it's a product that's not really well suited for casual exploration unless you got $ enough.
Here is your car analogy. You seem to be trapped in Aesop's "The fox and the grapes". Can we please move on?
Well, as the previous poster says, you must be a Linux consultant. I have spent the past five years doing some consulting jobs around all Spain, about twenty medium companies, and all I can say I have seen is about half a dozen Linux servers, mainly in file and web server tasks. Most of the remaining servers run Windows 2000, and there even were a couple of ancient HP 9000 running HP-UX.
Excuse me? Have you ever really used their products? I've been using their db for years, and their db engine is one of the best enterprise db products i've ever seen (and I know some:-). And the 4GL (i am talking about versions 8 and up here) is all you need to develop an enterprise solution.
BTW, read carefully the articles about the case against mysql... it's all about contracts and money, not about the GPL.
I'm a little surprised they are getting rid of some of this stuff.
Are you really surprised? Come on, people grow, I'm now 34 and sometimes wonder how the hell could I spend money in things I bought 15 years ago.
And, really, once you're married (yes, even people reading Slashdot gets married), it's better to get rid of some memorabilia than to listen all the time complaints about "all the shit you have in this room".
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He disputes so in a video in Bloomberg..
Bill Gates, co-founder at Microsoft and co-chair at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, addresses his view of Apple's battle against an FBI court order to unlock an iPhone belonging to a shooter involved in the San Bernardino, California terror attack and the need for a balance between privacy and government access.
That's pretty much the same with Apple's products, whether you prefer them to anyone else's products or not is just a matter of personal taste. I'm not saying they are better or worse, just as different as any Unix/Linux flavor to say Windows, but you cannot just disregard any platform's "virtues" (take with a grain of salt, will you?) just because "it's not really well suited for casual exploration."
P.S. I'm confused... doesn't my SO's '02 silver Carrera qualify as a Porsche? I keep corrected then, sir.
Nope... maybe I haven't made myself clear (not english native speaker, sorry), but my point is more like: "Porsches are expensive. I'm told it's fun to drive one but, since they are so expensive, not everyone (at least not me!) can afford it. So I cannot comment on whether it's a good car or not, I don't really know."
GP's comment goes along "Porsches are expensive. I'm told it's fun to drive one but, since they are so expensive, not everyone can afford it. So everyone who says Porsches are better than Yugos is a fanboy and a snob."
Insightful my ass. A Porsche driving experience then is a myth as well, bolstered by fanboys et al, since it's a product that's not really well suited for casual exploration unless you got $ enough. Here is your car analogy. You seem to be trapped in Aesop's "The fox and the grapes". Can we please move on?
Ask Wall-E...
... that this guy is confused about the purpose of the CLI in women.
Well, as the previous poster says, you must be a Linux consultant. I have spent the past five years doing some consulting jobs around all Spain, about twenty medium companies, and all I can say I have seen is about half a dozen Linux servers, mainly in file and web server tasks. Most of the remaining servers run Windows 2000, and there even were a couple of ancient HP 9000 running HP-UX.
Nah, there's only one Neo, the chosen one...
I'm sorry... the use of greek letters is patented by SCO, so you'll have to pay $699 to get a licence (for each of the letters).
BTW, read carefully the articles about the case against mysql... it's all about contracts and money, not about the GPL.
Extremadura is one of the Autonomous Communities (groups from one to several provinces) in Spain and, as such, has its own Government.
And, really, once you're married (yes, even people reading Slashdot gets married), it's better to get rid of some memorabilia than to listen all the time complaints about "all the shit you have in this room".