On 10/10/2011 10:59 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/steve-jobs-stallman-dissenting-view.html > > *" Nobody deserves to have to die — not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people > guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' > malign influence on people's computing.' *
If you recall Jobs stopped Apple from licensing the Mac OS to third parties. I would love now that he is gone for the execs to put the Mac OS back on the market as an alternate to Windows. It would really be a corporate war worth seeing as millions would drop Windows for it. I believe it would make Apple even richer. Some might argue that it would be a support nightmare but keep in mind that the OS based on Open BSD has a superior security model than Windows. Hardware compatibility is always a bitch but like Linux the Mac OS could give new life to older computers which get bogged down with Microsoft's lousy approach (sort of a scaled down mainframe) to an OS. Linux is great but the media boys are terrified of it so most people still need either a Windows machine or a Mac for movies. Plus there is still too much geek expertise involved to do some things. The other party soon arriving will be Google as their desktop OS becomes more available (already on come netbooks). ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/