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Re: [LUG] If "Boot Camp" switches windows users to Macs then ....

 

On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 01:14 +0100, Neil Williams wrote:

> Spoken by someone who can't have tried writing GNU software for OSX.
> :-(

/me laughs from his python-based stronghold...

Seriously, though, OSX is by far and away the best consumer platform
available nowadays, and so are the computers that run it. Everyone loves
Linux (unless they're trying to compile Sharpconstruct on FC5) but for
people who want a system that Just Works<? for i in range(1,5):
print"&trade;&reg;&copy;"?> Mac OS has been leading the way for decades
in the living room, and no matter what anyone else says, GNOME or, god
forbid, KDE can't come close.

Of course, if you're looking for truly awesome performance for free,
etc... /me waves linux flag

Depends on what standpoint you're looking from, for instance with
programming languages, but the same is true of operating systems.

Python: tractor: slow; piss-easy; cross-platform; not many people like
it
C++: ferrari: fast; difficult; has to be rebuilt for every terrain; most
people are familiar with it

Ben

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