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| Time: 10:41 EST/15:41 GMT | News Source: Apple | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Back in the mid-nineties Apple was in some serious trouble, they needed a new operating system but their efforts (Copland) had come to naught. One supposes there was a bit of corporate gnashing of teeth and bewilderment at the fact that one of the most visible computers makers in the world could not fashion a new operating system no matter how many resources they threw at it (insert your own Longhorn joke here). In the end the Apple’s directors swallowed a bitter pill, abandoned efforts at creating a decent operating system and purchased NeXT. | ||
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| #1 By 32132 (206.116.136.250) at 6/21/2005 10:59:27 AM |
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"note that there is no Office for Linux though it would certainly be profitable"
Look, the purpose of Linux is to hate Microsoft. Period. There is no other reason for Linux to exist. (Except for those who like to hate Theo de Raadt and openBSD too). Go to Slashdot if you doubt what I say. There is no reason for sane people to think Office on Linux would be profitable at all. |
| #2 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 6/21/2005 11:22:46 AM |
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"Microsoft makes money on three things: Windows, Office for Windows and Office for Mac"
I didnt realize that SQL Server and Exchange were UNprofitable. |
| #3 By 32132 (206.116.136.250) at 6/21/2005 2:25:29 PM |
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#3 I think Linux would shrivel up and die if its adherents suddenly stopped hating Microsoft.
Sure, you disagree. But cults tend to fade away when the raison d'etre disappears. I have to admit, I'm looking forward to seeing how the the Steve Jobs experiment in switching from PowerMac to Intel will give us a clue how tech cults do after their lies are exposed and they are forced to accept the truth. This post was edited by NotParker on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 14:27. |
| #4 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 6/21/2005 4:03:27 PM |
| quux - you're missing the point. The desktop market isn't a technical arms race. That fundamental misunderstanding is one reason linux is non-existent there. |
| #5 By 11888 (64.230.48.139) at 6/21/2005 6:05:45 PM |
| I just heard about this trolling group that goes after sites like this. Is Parker a member? I can't remember the name of it now. Start with an N I think. Anyone know? |
| #6 By 32132 (206.116.136.250) at 6/21/2005 9:06:04 PM |
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#10 The truth hurts.
"LINUX ADOPTION seems to be slowing, with use of the open source OS falling over a nine month period, according to a survey by New York investment bank SG Cowen & Co. Use of Linux on servers running business applications was recorded in 53% of 500 US companies surveyed for SG Cowan’s quarterly Core Technology Survey. But the 7% ‘planning’ to adopt Linux is the lowest such figure recorded by the survey since September 2003. "This is the first indication we've seen that [Linux] adoption may be hitting a wall," the report said, continuing: "These data should ease concerns among Microsoft investors about the impact of Linux on Windows in the server market -- success by both is not mutually exclusive and Microsoft seems to be more than holding its own." http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23736 |
| #7 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 6/22/2005 1:01:25 AM |
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I admit to being a power MS computer user with no programming experience who has recently tried to use Linux (SuSe 9.3) on my desktop.
What a joke. If MS made a program that worked like this they would be delisted from NASDAQ. Nothing works without a struggle. Support starts each phone conversation with the comment that almost every problem is NOT covered by the support agreement. All support is thousands of scattered on-line replies to similar questions which don’t apply to the version of Linux you happen to be using. What a waste of two weeks of time. Everything finally works and I have stopped using it. What I learned: 1) SuSe is NOT faster than XP running in optimal performance mode. 2) SuSe programs crash at least five times in every session and yes they never take down the main OS but so what you’ve lost your data anyways. 3) Each program has its own conventions so every program is Balkanized with a different look and feel. 4) All the hardware is recognized by the software and none of it runs optimally (half the drivers seem to be generic). 5) Linux is great if you happen not to need to do any real work but need absolute control over your computer and you have wasted too much of your university education in the computer lab. |
| #8 By 11888 (64.230.48.139) at 6/22/2005 7:41:19 AM |
| #12, you're forgetting that there's also three or four incomplete ways to accomplish system tasks like setting up a wireless connection. |
| #9 By 12071 (203.217.66.156) at 6/22/2005 8:00:14 AM |
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#11 You quoting the inquirer to support your point - priceless.
#12 You seem to have had a lot of problems with Suse - tell me, how did you go when you first started using Windows? Or did you perhaps expect Suse to work exactly like Windows and when you found that it didn't you thought it was rubbish? The reason I ask is because the same comment is made by anyone trying a new OS for the first time - they are used to their OS working in a particular way, they expect certain keyboard shortcuts to do certain things and if they don't they get frustrated. I know I got annoyed as hell with OS X when I first started using it because it just seemed sluggish and things were hard to find etc. The point is that if you're going to try a new OS, regardless of what OS it is, you need to do so with an open mind and expect things to work differently - you might be suprised, you might find that the other way is far more intuitive, or simplier or perhaps it's just a pain in the ass. |
| #10 By 32132 (206.116.136.250) at 6/22/2005 10:41:44 AM |
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#14 " You quoting the inquirer to support your point - priceless."
I was quoting a report from an investment bank that was written about in the Inquirer. And yes, the report is priceless. :) |
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