We agree on something. The VIC20 was the first home computer to crack a million sales, the C64 then blew everything away in terms of sales. The TRS-80 was populare in the US (and other markets also) The poms produced systems that might have been popular in the UK, but had little impact elsewhere, mostly because most were cheap and nasty.
Right again, you`re on a roll.
It`s amusing to see how many Apple fanbois have been sucked into believing the Apple version of computing history.
Linux *always* has been a lead balloon and it only became *worse* because of the zillions of - totally undeeded and undesired - different, incompatible, distibutions. It's the distros which killed Linux.
The *real* UNIX vendors were on their way to make UNIX a *real* standard. Then Linux 'happened' and we're stuck with a total mess which even Microsoft didn't manage to create.
It's only usable for relatively simple tasks, for which Apple happens to have the needed software or/and hardware. And it's only usable if your correspondents also have Apples or only need the simplests of file formats.
Do you just love Linux bigots.
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Iguess if you want eye candy then it might appear that way, but IME time and time again, when it came to serios work Linux just did the job
Horses for courses for me. Ill use whatever does the job best. Sadly, I've never been able to completely ditch MS OSs as in some areas, using Linux apps was just very painful.
Jobs products were never considered as closed hardwae and software and more expensive.
Horses for courses for me. Ill use whatever does the job best. Sadly, I've never been able to completely ditch MS OSs as in some areas, using Linux apps was just very painful.
Jobs products were never considered as closed hardwae and software and more expensive.
For *servers*, run by (effectively) *professionals*, yes. For any other purpose, no.
FYI, I professionally supported, managed and ran real UNIX systems for two decades. Linux *could* have been a viable alternative for most of the servers and also for a reasonable share of the 'desktops', but the silly infighting ruined all that. Sad, but true.
Jesus... I can't believe the coverage his death has received. When Mother Teresa died, it barely made the news (relatively speaking). Some 'corporate demigod' dies and it's like Jesus himself has carked it. What a wonderful society we have made for ourselves.
Agreed, but I have performed a lot of my personal and business desktop work on Linux. Saved about $5K pa in software upgrades compared to MS OSs.
Lol, started on a pair of CPM machines and didn't replace them till both irrevessibly died.
"They" weren't Google. Microsoft are making a lot of bungles pissing their "devotee's" off. It is a gamble, as are all new ventures, having a pool of cash behind them helps. Linux was ahead of Apple (10% of market) in world use of computers. Apple under Steve Jobs has and were claiming more ground
Can't disagree with you Linux was termed "The poor mans Unix" However Linux uder Chrome have paid experts now developing and marketing, this should be the best boost Linux has ever had
There was never that much money pushing it.. No business model. Google (IMO) is pushing Internet connectivity with the software run on servers. Rod will still use his shonky copperwire while the rest of us will use the NBN
Just goes to show YOU, Jesus is no longer valid.
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Frank Slootweg wrote
It aint dead yet, it just flew like a led balloon on the desktop.
Pretzl wrote
And it remains to be seen if Google does any better.
It hasnt with browsers.
And while ever anyone with even half a clue ships their hardware with that installed, it doesnt matter a damn to Microsoft.
We'll see...
It aint about cash.
Yes, but that wasnt due to a pool of cash.
Pretzl wrote
Pig ignorant fools ran the same line about Apple doing that too.
Pretzl wrote
Thats a lie, there was with Apple.
Another pig ignorant lie with Apple.
Fools have been pushing that last for more than a decade now, google wont make that fly either.
Plenty wont even use gmail because google gets to snoop on their emails.
Just another of your pathetic little drug crazed fantasys.
F*ck all of it will get built in the 2 years thats all that lard arsed pommy cow has got left.
It wont even make it to your place, you watch.
No he's not.
He was preaching on a corner in the city last night.
Boy, was he pissed.
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