[TriLUG] Mac vs. Linux, was: Where is Linux today?

[kwoodie at gmail.com]

I bought a mac simply because its the best of both worlds.  You get the command line of a linux machine and the commercial software support that you don't get with a desktop linux distro.  I am linux to the core for everything else.  I own two linux servers and I use them to run my life.  I personally love the mac hardware, you won't find anything like it anywhere else (apple does some bad stuff to ensure that, which I don't agree with but their hardware is great).  I am a happy linux/mac user!
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-----Original Message-----
From: William Sutton <william at trilug.org>

Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:37:06 
To:Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Mac vs. Linux, was:  Where is Linux today?


Speaking for myself, buying a Mac had nothing to do with striking a blow 
against corporate America, and everything to do with a UNIX-based, 
non-Vista, corporate-supported, easy to use system.

The price point almost disuaded me from buying it.

But then I'm weird in that I don't generally buy into group-think 
activities like "striking a blow" for OR against someone....

William Sutton


On Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Tom Roche wrote:

>
> Tim Jowers Sat Jun 21 10:56:41 EDT 2008
>> What does Mac do that Linux does not?
>
> * Cost a *lot* more.
>
> * Market itself *much* better.
>
> I like Macs a lot--they're well-engineered, esp WRT ease of use. But,
> frankly, when it comes to anti-competitive behavior, ain't nobody
> (even Microsoft) got nothing on Apple. Yet millions of otherwise-
> intelligent people believe passionately that buying Apple == striking
> a blow against {corporate America, "the man"}. It's truly bizarre.
>
> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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