Linux may threaten Windows but certainly NOT the OSx boys. Its the sad reality.
Wire > Probably not until a couple of guys at Apple get off the face of the > earth. (Hopefully not in a long time!) > Linux's biggest weakness: The Desktop. It keeps getting better, but > still the fundamental design doesn't seem right. And am not convinced > that the current OS models being used to develop Gnome and such work > well in the Desktop world (where a good dose of artistic genius + keen > attention to detail is a requirement). > > Most of us use what we have to use, not what we'd like to (well, this: > http://www.apple.com/displays/ (30" one) for instance!). Given a choice > between Windows and Linux desktop, I choose Linux any day. However it > is really rather wishful for the Linux community to think they are > anywhere close to OSX Panther (let alone Tiger). Not on the Unix > Desktop systems front, not in years. > > P. > > On Oct 13, 2004, at 07:52, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > >> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-5406365.html >> A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh >> faithful. >> After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target >> competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn�t finished-off Apple >> after all these years (and I�m not saying that this was necessarily a >> Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell >> trouble for Apple? >> >> "After putting down the Mac last year because of a failed attempt to >> try >> the switch (incompatibility with my company�s virtual private network >> was the culprit), I�m giving it another try and can report that--thanks >> to the recent Panther OS (I was on Jaguar before)--I�ve been nearly >> Windows-free for long enough to say the switch is technically possible >> for most people (more on that later)... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> > ----------------------------- > P. A. Bagyenda > Digital Solutions > P.O.Box 23833 > 58 Bukoto Str. > Kampala, UGANDA > > Tel: +256-41-540143 > Mob: +256-77-507743 > Web: http://www.dsmagic.com > ----------------------------- > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may > also > be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may > not > review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this > email in > error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then > delete > this email. > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
