On 15/09/05, suse_gasjr4wd@mac.com
I thought we were talking about Mr. and Mrs. Joe User. My bad.
They will be the first ones to get hurt :-(((
Plus if you listen to Mr. Jobs, there isn't that much to moving the code over due to some software they have...I forget the details.
:-) would he say otherwise?
And of course it has hurt apple when they make major changes. Hell, I love OS9 and think it's faster than OSX but it had become a mess of code and didn't have protected memory and all the stuff that Unix, BSD, and Linux has.
Yes, I have Ubuntu on a B&W G3 and it looks nice for a desktop...still testing...doesn't WOW me but it's nice.
Ah, I didn't make myself clear, sorry. I was talking about he next version of Ubuntu. I had a mail from Mr Shuttleworth yesterday. Not a personal thing it's sent to everybody on the Ubuntu mailing list I think. He specifically states that the next version will be going head to head with the latest from MS. Now, whether he means Breezy or the one after that (Isuspect the latter) we'll have to wait and see...
Apple isn't going anywhere soon. MS buying them? I know of a few people that would burn the building down first. LOL My guess is you don't know too many mac people...we would go back to using a typewriter, pony express, etc. first. ;) Gee, maybe even use Linux. Naaa...
Admittedly not too many, probably I could count them on the fingers of one hand.....erm, I think....though it may be a few more :-)
Yes, M$ is finally embracing open source, but there is this little thing about having a monopoly. I don't think they _can_ own apple.
This is MS we are talking about, do you really think they are bothered about such piffling issues as company/product monopolies :-) If they really want Apple they could get it I'm sure. What is MS's stake in Apple these days?
I just wonder how companies like yellowdog linux will survive. I tried their YD4 and didn't like it at all. Shame SuSE killed their PPC years ago @ 7.3. They lost a lot of folks. Me included. Now I have all these intel boxes around...
Diversify or die. Sad :-(
The point is if a vendor isn't handling what you need, you change vendors. I know they keep going back and forth to Moto and IBM for the PPC chip. And I would agree it is a very good chip, but apple wants to keep moving on with their laptops... If IBM can't deal with it...someone else will. Sounds like Intel came answering. You gota do what you gota do. After all, Jobs said they would have a 3 gig powerbook and that didn't happen...guess he got pissed off with all that egg on his face.
But then again you may know something I don't, and that's easy to do...
Nope, just pure speculation on my part. To be honest I really hope MS do not 'acquire' Apple. I'd like to see Apple gain some popularity. Though, not at the sake of Linux of course :-) Good discussion :-) I like the fact that for once this hasn't descended into a slanging match. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR