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Ben Goodger wrote: > On 05/07/06, *Rob Beard* <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Ben Goodger wrote: > > On 05/07/06, *Julian Hall* <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5150508.stm > > > > Ummmm Macs aren't the only option are they? :) > > > > > > <bbc> What you're forgetting is that Linux is not used by anyone > > except uber-geeks, and for that reason it's fine to ignore it > utterly, > > even down to using Realplayer for streaming media.</bbc> > > > > No, they're not, but for the average UK tv-license-payer, you > mustn't > > forget that Windows is a part of the computer, as is AOL. A Mac > is the > > only even vaguely applicable alternative for them ("what's this > > colonel thing?!") > > But meh: Mac == BSD == UNIX =~ Linux, so what's the big deal? The > > point is to leave Windows - for all Sophos cares, we could probably > > put people on ERNIE-2 dumb terminals... > > ("what's this colonel thing?!") = The guy who knows what the secret > herbs & spices are for a certain brand of fried chicken :-) > > Mac == BSD == UNIX =~ Linux - Well not far off. I think the big > differences would be the licence and freedoms. I don't see Apple > giving > away the source code for all their nice GUI features, or allowing > anyone > to port/run MacOS X on any hardware. > > > You can run Mac OS X on any hardware, there's a procedure for doing it > somewhere... > The freedoms are largely immaterial from a security standpoint, > particularly since all of the essential bits of those OSes (I was > using UNIX to refer to a type of OS , e.g. "windows, mac os 9, unix") > are open-source/free. Well you say ANY hardware but I wasn't aware you could run OS X on a Sun UltraSparc box which you can with Linux. ;-) Of course the underlying parts (Darwin) are open source (under a BSD licence?) but the nice gui isn't though is it. Not to mention Apple aren't too happy with people running MacOS X on non-Apple branded x86-compatible hardware even though it is possible. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html