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Howard Brazee wrote: On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:40 -0700, Alan Baker wrote: Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better support from software and hardware manufacturers. I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance, I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software. Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it. I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler. But that's the point, Howard: All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which you can get the source codes and the compilers. :-) -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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On 10/27/2011 4:32 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In , Howard wrote: On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:40 -0700, Alan wrote: Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better support from software and hardware manufacturers. I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance, I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software. Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it. I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler. But that's the point, Howard: All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which you can get the source codes and the compilers. :-) Bingo! The number one reason linux is superior, anyone can write apps for it without purchasing anything ... indeed, if linux doesn't support your app, you can even go the OS source and make it do so. Regards, JS |
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On 10/27/2011 2:09 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In , John wrote: On 10/26/2011 2:01 PM, Alan Baker wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/26/2011 11:40 AM, Alan Baker wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/26/2011 6:53 AM, JohnJohnsn wrote: On Oct 25, 6:23 pm, Alan wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/19/2011 12:21 AM, Alan Baker wrote: ... You realize that Mac are preferred computers for doing film editing, right? That's pretty demanding. ... Makes you wonder what they could do with a more powerful PC, and why they aren't ... that is pretty demanding, seeing the logic! Some do use PCs, John. But there is more to overall productivity that simply reading numbers from a benchmark. Linux for DEVELOPMENT Mac for ANGRY BIRDS AND iTUNES Palm for MOBILITY Windows for PRODUCTIVITY (with occasional hiccups) -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg Linux is actually the system I would choose to have in the most wide spread use in all areas of computing ... however, since it is given away for free, fools cannot recognize the value ... hence, not a large enough market share to interest game developers and other large market share uses ... it is a crying shame and demonstrates the truth to the statement, "85%+ of American are idiots." But, dual boot to windows 7 and linux is well worth it ... Regards, JS John: Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better support from software and hardware manufacturers. Can it load up windows libraries and run windows binaries? You mean using WINE? Yup. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL MACS are weak, and you will have to abandon any hope of running most free/shareware apps or even popular mainstream apps ... they just aren't written for the MAC ... the bitter truth. Incorrect... ...as usual. No, it is true ... all of my text ... anyone doubting it needs only purchase a MAC and find out ... end of story. Let 'em put up or shut up. Quick: Name a Linux app you claim the Mac (please note that "MAC" is an acronym for Media Access Controller, among other things, not the name of Apple's computers). Hey, let them buy the MAC and find out, most of us will enjoy a good laugh. They have been warned ... alright already. Trust me, if they come back and want to thank you, more power to them, and you ... roflol! Regards, JS |
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:30:01 -0700, John Smith
wrote: I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler. But that's the point, Howard: All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which you can get the source codes and the compilers. :-) Bingo! The number one reason linux is superior, anyone can write apps for it without purchasing anything ... indeed, if linux doesn't support your app, you can even go the OS source and make it do so. No, only people who have the know-how and willingness to write their own drivers can do so. Which is a very small subset of those who use computers. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |
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On 10/27/2011 6:06 PM, Howard Brazee wrote:
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:30:01 -0700, John wrote: I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler. But that's the point, Howard: All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which you can get the source codes and the compilers. :-) Bingo! The number one reason linux is superior, anyone can write apps for it without purchasing anything ... indeed, if linux doesn't support your app, you can even go the OS source and make it do so. No, only people who have the know-how and willingness to write their own drivers can do so. Which is a very small subset of those who use computers. Yeah, in their case, the users you speak of, it only benefits by allowing the apps to be created which are freely available and cheap ... that is NOT a benefit to a minority, it is of true and real benefit to all involved ... Regards, JS |
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John Smith wrote: On 10/27/2011 4:32 PM, Alan Baker wrote: In , Howard wrote: On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:40 -0700, Alan wrote: Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better support from software and hardware manufacturers. I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance, I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software. Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it. I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler. But that's the point, Howard: All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which you can get the source codes and the compilers. :-) Bingo! The number one reason linux is superior, anyone can write apps for it without purchasing anything ... indeed, if linux doesn't support your app, you can even go the OS source and make it do so. And you can run those apps on Mac OS X. :-) -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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John Smith wrote: On 10/27/2011 2:09 PM, Alan Baker wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/26/2011 2:01 PM, Alan Baker wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/26/2011 11:40 AM, Alan Baker wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/26/2011 6:53 AM, JohnJohnsn wrote: On Oct 25, 6:23 pm, Alan wrote: In , John wrote: On 10/19/2011 12:21 AM, Alan Baker wrote: ... You realize that Mac are preferred computers for doing film editing, right? That's pretty demanding. ... Makes you wonder what they could do with a more powerful PC, and why they aren't ... that is pretty demanding, seeing the logic! Some do use PCs, John. But there is more to overall productivity that simply reading numbers from a benchmark. Linux for DEVELOPMENT Mac for ANGRY BIRDS AND iTUNES Palm for MOBILITY Windows for PRODUCTIVITY (with occasional hiccups) -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg Linux is actually the system I would choose to have in the most wide spread use in all areas of computing ... however, since it is given away for free, fools cannot recognize the value ... hence, not a large enough market share to interest game developers and other large market share uses ... it is a crying shame and demonstrates the truth to the statement, "85%+ of American are idiots." But, dual boot to windows 7 and linux is well worth it ... Regards, JS John: Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better support from software and hardware manufacturers. Can it load up windows libraries and run windows binaries? You mean using WINE? Yup. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL MACS are weak, and you will have to abandon any hope of running most free/shareware apps or even popular mainstream apps ... they just aren't written for the MAC ... the bitter truth. Incorrect... ...as usual. No, it is true ... all of my text ... anyone doubting it needs only purchase a MAC and find out ... end of story. Let 'em put up or shut up. Quick: Name a Linux app you claim the Mac (please note that "MAC" is an acronym for Media Access Controller, among other things, not the name of Apple's computers). Hey, let them buy the MAC and find out, most of us will enjoy a good laugh. They have been warned ... alright already. Trust me, if they come back and want to thank you, more power to them, and you ... roflol! Regards, JS So you can't name one, then? -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20...ld-study-says/
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(OT) Steve Jobs.
Article in my snail mail November 2011 PC World magazine, First Look
Windows 8 How It Will Change The Way We Work and Play, on page 62. I think I will wait untill Windows 8 hits the market (in about a year, if I live that long?) and buy a Windows 8 desktop computery from Velocity Micro in Richmond,Virginia. http://www.velocitymicro.com cuhulin |
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