Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Jun 2006 18:18 UTC, submitted by Rehdon
It seems that some well-known users are switching from MacOS to Linux, often after a lifetime of involvement with Apple's products. From Tim Bray's blog: "[...] as I stood in the Apple store last weekend and drooled over the beautiful, beautiful hardware, all I could think was how much work it would take to twiddle with the default settings, install third-party software, and hide all the commercial tie-ins so I could pretend I was in control of my own computer. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to my eye Apple isn't beautiful anymore."
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2006-05-08
I think it would be better for Linux to market it as a complement to Windows and OS X. If you force people to choose, many will take Windows.
This happened at a company I worked for. The management found out that we had Linux servers, and decided that we needed a uniform/standardized OS strategy. The management saw it as a war, and wanted to be on the winning team. So the Linux servers disappeared, and the DB software is up for a switch next.
I often compare computers and OSes to cars and trucks.
You can't have one that does everything just as good as the other.
I have always used a multitude of OSes, I now use:
Linux server -Easiest and best for a stable all-around server.
XP -great for 3D games, and Borland B for work.
OS X -Everything else, like iMovie, photo editing and word processing.