Careful, I can see this forming into a flame war! (Mine is bigger than yours scenario....)
Really, once you wean off the Redmond product, it dosen't matter if its Linux or Mac. The only reason why I probably would not buy a Mac is historical: I used to hate the computer telling me I could not have my disc back: then fighting it with a paperclip! regards Doug On Wednesday 09 May 2007 05:12:56 am Keith Addison wrote: > >All of it. Like Joseph Jenkins's book, with Linux, you can either do it > >yourself for free, or buy a DVD and support. > >I personally like Macs, though I have to say Mr. Jobs has turned out to > >have feet of clay... > > Hasn't he. Quite apart from the environmental issues, and the human > rights issues, quite a lot of long-time Mac users don't think too > highly of Apple these days, but the machines and OS are streets ahead > of anything else nonetheless. Including Linux. > > This is quite an interesting read: > > http://viewfromthemountain.typepad.com/applepeels/2007/04/the_real_apple_.h >tml Applepeels: > April 25, 2007 > The real Apple environment > > Jobs's "Greener Apple" message: > http://www.apple.com/hotnews/agreenerapple/ > > And, previously, to his credit, this: > > http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ > Thoughts on Music > Steve Jobs > February 6, 2007 > > Still can't see why I'd want to "Go Linux", but never mind. > > Keith > > >Keith Addison wrote: > > >>Go Linux > > > > > >Why would I want to do that? That's for Windozers when they wake up, > > >not for Mac users when they fall asleep. > > > > > >(How much of that message did you actually read?) > > > > > >Keith > > > > > >>Keith Addison wrote: > > >>>>BEFORE he was extradited to the United States, Hew Griffiths, from > > >>>>Berkeley Vale in NSW, had never even set foot in America. But he had > > >>>>pirated software produced by American companies. > > >>>> > > >>>>Now, having been given up to the US by former justice minister Chris > > >>>>Ellison, Griffiths, 44, is in a Virginia cell, facing up to 10 years > > >>>> in an American prison after a guilty plea late last month. > > >>>> > > >>>>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/05/06/1178390140855.html > > >>> > > >>>I guess by now we've all seen those heart-rending pictures of poor > > >>>old Bill Gates sitting at the street corner in New York with his hat > > >>>out on the pavement, poor feller, driven to pennilessness by > > >>>dastardly software pirates. It's said 70 percent of all the software > > >>>in use worldwide is pirated - but for these filthy criminals Bill > > >>>could have had that money, instead of his paltry $20 billion, and he > > >>>wouldn't be in this sad state that he's in now. Disgraceful - where's > > >>>the law when you need it??? > > >>> > > >>>This is a little difficult to explain though: > > >>> > > >>>http://www.josephjenkins.com/books_humanure.html > > >>>Joseph Jenkins, Inc. - The Humanure Handbook > > >>> > > >>>This is where Joseph Jenkins sells hard-copies of his popular > > >>>Humanure Handbook online at his web store. Scroll down a little and > > >>>you'll find these links: > > >>> > > >>>$25.00 US -- BUY NOW or read the book free on the web. > > >>> > > >>>And: > > >>> > > >>>Buy a Book Now > > >>>Read the Book for Free > > >>>BUY IT ON AMAZON.COM > > >>> > > >>>Read the Book for Free: > > >>>http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure_contents.html > > >>>Joseph Jenkins, Inc. - Humanure Handbook Table of Contents > > >>> > > >>>Full text, free online. > > >>> > > >>>He's been doing that for at least seven years now, and he's not the > > >>>only one. Yet the book's sold 30,000 copies, not bad going. No way to > > >>>know, but I'd bet that if he didn't give it away for nothing online > > >>>he wouldn't have sold so many. > > >>> > > >>>This crap about software piracy always reminds me of a restaurant > > >>>owner I used to know in Hong Kong. I dropped in at his place for some > > >>>coffee one afternoon during an economic crisis, the property market > > >>>had crashed, quite a few folks went out of business and so on. > > >>>"How're you doing?" I asked him. > > >>> > > >>>"Terrible!" he answered. "I'm losing 20,000 dollars a day!" > > >>> [USD1=HKD8] > > >>> > > >>>It turned out that before the crash he'd been making $60,000 a day, > > >>>but now he was only making $40,000 a day. > > >>> > > >>>But I wonder if so many copies of Windoze etc would have been sold > > >>>but for all the pirating? > > >>> > > >>>Best > > >>> > > >>>Keith > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
