[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

[Hardeep Singh]

I have nothing against the Mac as an operating system, what I hate is the 
way it gets handled by Steve Jobs and company. I agree MS copies apple's 
designs but Windows also makes more money than Apple out of the same stuff 
and at the same time, it makes the same stuff more popular than apple could 
ever make it. Simply because apples tries to use most of their devices 
features towards making more money from their customers.

>and soon passions run high. this
> alone is a sign of the cultural impact and a measure of the success of
> apple.

These  emotions aren't always positive towards apple, I agree nobody 'likes' 
Microsoft but for some reason there are many who simply 'hate' apple. And 
its pretty visible on almost every Group and Community dealing with OSs.



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From: "Linux Lingam" <linuxlingam at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:31 PM
To: "Ubuntu India Local Community" <ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

> [snip]
>
> some quick, sobering thoughts:
>
> 1) if you like or prefer windows, remember, the macbook is the only
> laptop (so far) on which you can run mac, win, gnulinux, concurrently.
> so those choosing mac over win or vice-versa, can choose both.
>
> 2) all praise for ubuntu is praise for apple and mac in disguise. mark
> shuttleworth is 100% inspired by the design and aesthetics and
> UI-approach of apple. he makes no bones about this.
>
> 3) from its inception till its current version and even future
> versions, windows is completely inspired by apple mac os. study some
> computer history to discover more.
>
> 4) the engineering that has recently gone into mac os X is spectacular.
>
>
> in conclusion: one innovates. the others replicate, in a fashion.
>
> i remember someone told me a few years ago apple announced its
> worldwide developer conference (and incidentally, before the launch of
> vista). the posters at the conference were big bold, screaming with
> the headilne "seattle, fire up your photocopiers" or words to that
> effect....
> i never verified this personally, just took his word for it.
>
> anyways.
>
> do remember that such is the power and mystique of apple and the mac,
> that any discussion around it soon turns from technical and objective,

> in the words of the great design guru dave esslinger:
> "form follows emotion"
>
> regards
> niyam
>
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