Am 31. Aug, 2007 schwätzte Craig White so:

> On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 14:03 -0700, der.hans wrote:

>> Besides, having windows fold up in to electronic paper airplanes and fly
>> off is cool, even if it's not useful :).
> ----
> for the most part - Apple is the anti-Microsoft and it wouldn't matter
> what it is except that it isn't Microsoft. Apple ceased to be an

We obviously know different people :). Most of the people I know using
macs seem to fall into one of two groups: non-geeks who like what they
consider to be a sexy, usable interface that just works or geeks who like
what they consider to be a sexy, usable interface. Most of the geeks seem
to agree that there's some ugly borkenness under the hood.

> inventive desktop a long time ago - witness the adherence to a single
> button mouse for oh so many years.

Ah, so we agree that apple isn't all that innovative :).

> The issue is about free software and running free software on a non-free
> OS seems to be counterproductive - i.e. DRM enabled content doesn't run
> on Vista OS and no amount of OpenOffice.org or Mozilla stuff is gonna
> change that.

True that m$ and apple will still have DRM lockdown, but by getting
everyone to use Open Standards compliant software they can use whatever
they want and I can use whatever I want. Also, getting people used to the
apps and getting them to understand it's really the apps they care about
helps get them to see the value of moving to a stable, reliable operating
system such as GNU/Linux. Having eye-candy toys for them to play with
doesn't hurt, provided they're also stable and reliable.

ciao,

der.hans
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