[ale] Linux bashed by Apple?

[Jim Kinney]

I like having a desktop that keeps idiots away. Macs were invented so
stupid people could buy computers too. Windows still only makes money
because stupid managers keep approving purchase orders so they can use
their little idiot screens blissfully ignorant of what is really going
on.

I'm all for keeping a BAZILLION Linux desktops around so the small
minds will get confused and go away so I can get stuff done. I wish I
had pictures of the manager's faces when I was _required_ to use a
mickey$oft desktop and I installed virtual screens so I could do my
job.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:01 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> The "Linux desktop" is broken. Always has been and, if nothing is done
> about it, always will be. There are too many competing technologies
> that change at a developer's whim for it to stabilize and advance the
> way end users need. Notice that Valve is porting to Steam to Ubuntu
> 12.04. They're not doing that because they just happen to like Ubuntu.
> They're specifically targeting Ubuntu so that they can provide
> specific support for a known system. Sure, it'll probably work on
> other distros, but they aren't going to support you in doing so.
>
> Read Miguel de Icaza's followup to the article[1]. He was a core
> member of GNOME. He now uses OS X as his desktop OS. He has a little
> bit of insight as to why one is succeeding while the other isn't.
>
> [1] -- http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Cornelis van Dijk
> <cor.angela0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is this old news or did I just wake up?
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/27/tech/web/apple-linux-desktop/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
>>
>> Cor
>
>
> --
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>
> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
> CH:D 59
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gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

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