On Apr 26, 2010, at 11:24 AM, ./aal wrote:
OS X is not Linux. OS X is Unix.
Linux is not Unix. Linux is only Unix "like" as described by Linus.
And yes, Macs can run Linux. Tho I'm not sure why you would want to.
cjc
OS X is BSD
OS X IS actually certified as a standard Unix <http://tinyurl.com/
r86akg>.
If you want I can go list all the begats and begottens Old Testament
style from the PDP11 in K&R's lab in 1969.
In any case, this is immaterial nitpicking, because what people are
talking about is when you said :
"Carrie, for style and status
same reason they bought the macs
The person who ordered them had more dollars than sense "
Implying that people buying Macs are only buying them because they're
shallow and stupid: "for style and status".
Oddly, people rather dislike being told they're shallow and stupid
because they didn't buy YOUR approved form of computer.
New iMacs ship with wireless mice nowadays. This is all that Apple
offers, but it's not like you cannot use anything but apple-branded
equipment.
No one but trolls suggest that anymore.
If you're buying a whole swotload of 'em (like enough to populate a
computer lab) from Apple you can certainly negotiate a special order
without mice and provide wired USB mice from another vendor instead.
They didn't think about this, but that doesn't mean the only reason
they bought Macs was for 'style and substance'...you pretty clearly
have never tried to manage a school lab full of PC's. Macs at least
stay up running malware-free.
I'm glad you can be happy and productive running linux on your old
macs, more power to you, but drop the sanctimonious BS about iStuff
and 'what Steve Jobs tells me I need'. It's just flamebait.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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