[snip] well, i don't understand why the subject-line had to be changed. it's all relevant.
secondly, we all tend to forget the mac hardware is an excellent device on which to run debian and especially ubuntu. that's what you see most people do at foss conferences. great and well-engineered hardware for running the world's greatest and free operating system: GNU/Linux. thirdly, the industry's well-kept open-secret (!): the mac, well, er.. inspires the next features and eye-candy for everyone. if you have to build a better and a free world, you could start from existing paradigms implemented poorly and at times pathetically, or you could start from those implemented brilliantly and imaginatively, and sometimes, far-ahead of the rest of the pack. fourthly, (in my case) when i have to choose a proprietary software, say for running a specialised piece of hardware ( an industry measuring instrument or something, or even a specific printer until replaced by a foss-friendly one, or specialized music-production gear, or audio/video gear) where the foss world has catching up to do, while my life's running out, i'd rather use mac than windows. fifth, when all else fails, and you wish to be platform-agnostic, you could triple-boot a mac with all three operating systems. regards niyam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
