Good point about not painting myself into a corner. And even as I hit "Send" on the email, I knew that there WAS a potential corner I could have been painting myself into, but didn't, only because my room doesn't contain that corner.
That corner is "video editing software". I have no need for video editing software, but my Linux students who DO edit video have complained that the video editing software on Linux just isn't anywhere near good enough to make production-quality videos. So unless there's good FOSS video software that they haven't discovered, then Mac or Windows are probably best for that. (While we're on this subject, can I ask if anyone has discovered FOSS video software of good quality?) Also I'm not exactly sure what a stokvel is. Robert Orenstein On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6/Nov/16 22:58, Robert Orenstein wrote: > > I was a die-hard Mac fanboy from 1985 until 2009, until I discovered FOSS > and, specifically, Ubuntu, and since then I've refused to have anything to > do with Apple. Why would a Linux-user want any kind of Apple product? The > FOSS and Apple philosophies are so diametrically opposed. > > Serious question. WHY? > > > Personally, I'm not about setting my child alight because the "stokvel" I > belong to says having not burned your child by the time they turn 10 is > seen as a dissent to the group's extra-curricular activity. > > What I'm saying is that do what makes you happy. If you are avoiding Apple > products because they don't work for you, fine. But if you are avoiding > them on a philosophy - well, unless someone is paying me to uphold that > philosophy, I wouldn't do it unless it brought me other non-philosophical > benefits. > > I am old now, so I embrace all tools that are right for the job: > > - Mac for my personal use. > - FreeBSD for my server use. > - Linux for my SDN/NFV use. > - Cisco/Juniper/Arista for my revenue-generating traffic. > - Quagga for my Anycast routing. > - Windows for my home media streaming. > - e.t.c. > > Don't paint yourself in a corner if you don't have to. The "stokvel" won't > chuck you from the group because you kept your child alive, as long as you > keep contributing to the credit fund. > > Mark. >
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