Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Feb 2008 22:47 UTC, submitted by tyrione
Linus Torvalds, leader of the cult of Linux, took a swipe at Apple's OS X and Microsoft Vista in the same breath at a conference in Australia last week. Speaking at the linux.conf.au conference in Melbourne, Australia, a few weeks ago, Torvalds called Leopard 'utter crap' and bashed the proprietary OS makers for being greedy, according to Australian reporter Nick Miller in the The Age. "I don't think they're equally flawed - I think Leopard is a much better system," Torvalds said. "(But) OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary." He also scoffed at his rivals' practice of revenue-through-renewal by launching upgrades that require new purchases. "An operating system should be completely invisible," Torvalds said. "To Microsoft and Apple (it is) a way to control the whole environment - to force people to upgrade their applications and hardware."
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RE: I can just agree with Linus
by Bending Unit on Fri 8th Feb 2008 06:08
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Member since:2005-07-06
With Windows, new softwares only work with new Windows
False. Most recent Windows software works with XP, 2000, some even run on 9x. Only a very few games require Vista due to Dx 10.
new Windows only work with new hardware.
Utterly false. Vista works well with less than new hardware.
If you stay with old Windows, you can't even switch doc files with others
Silly and false.
and you use an unsupported system with well known security holes.
Windows 2000 is supported until 2010 (10 years) and XP until 2014 (13 years) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows#History. Name some 13 year old Linux releases that are still receiving security updates.
Proof that moderation doesn't work on this site...(modded +4) EDIT: +5 while writing this comment
Edited 2008-02-08 06:09 UTC
RE[2]: I can just agree with Linus
by wakeupneo on Fri 8th Feb 2008 13:05
in reply to "RE: I can just agree with Linus"
Member since:2005-07-06
"new Windows only work with new hardware."
--"Utterly false. Vista works well with less than new hardware. "
Actually...not completely untrue. Try installing XP on a recent Sony laptop. No drivers are available except for Vista. Surely they're not the only brand doing that either...
RE[2]: I can just agree with Linus
by autumnlover on Sat 9th Feb 2008 01:59
in reply to "RE: I can just agree with Linus"
Member since:2007-04-12
"If you stay with old Windows, you can't even switch doc files with others
Silly and false. "
That linuxish fanboy should then try to install current (2.0.x) version of OpenOffice on ten years old "Un-operating System" distribution "to share his doc files". (Assume that such distribution even can be installed and run on modern hardware)
Windows 98 still run OpenOffice 2.x.x on P4's just fine.
Member since:
2006-06-15
I've installed my Debian years ago. I've switched motherboard since than. Width Windows it was cast me a reinstall. With Debian/Linux it was nothing (although I've recompiled my kernel for some optimization).
With Windows, new softwares only work with new Windows, new Windows only work with new hardware. If you stay with old Windows, you can't even switch doc files with others and you use an unsupported system with well known security holes.