Hahahaha.. I think you've just gone overboard there Niles.. I agree you got hit rather roughly but do you think your calling some people's favorite OS "watered down" without exhaustively substantiating your claims was constructive discussion?
> > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:28:03 -0400 > From: "Niles Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Also in the news, this firefox week. > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Both Ernest and Kiggundu Mukasa are a pricks. I thought the point of this > mailing list was to discuss Linux and Unix topics. Not throw around insults > to people you don't know. There are constructive ways to discuss the points > i made and vice versa. > > Ernest, most linux distros don't do this. They are free OS solutions that > don't tie into off the shelf hardware. The commercial linux distros like > SLED and RHEL target the corporate market which i feel Macs do not, they > target the home market. There isn't a single linux distro that follows the > same business model that Apple does. Most people don't care about the > software behind why their computer works, but i feel that Apple's marketing > hides the fact that the mac is nothing special. I think Steve Jobs holds 2 hour launches for his new products for the sole purpose of explaining how special they are.. Unless the audience's all hired to sit in.. > > > So my point is that i would never buy a mac, i don't see the point in > paying > a premium for a computer that i can put together myself. > No comment. > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > On Jun 19, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Niles Collins wrote: > > > > > > > > My view of OSX is: if you are going to run UNIX, at least run a full > > featured version, not the watered down crap that is OSX. this may offend > > Apple users but it is the truth. i feel that they have released a dumbed > > down version of UNIX. > > > > > > Niles, > > You forgot to take your medication again > > Remember, the doctor said the small yellow pill TWICE a day is VERY > > important :-) > > > > Kiggs > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > End of LUG Digest, Vol 46, Issue 29 > *********************************** > Mark. -- God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.
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