XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: goldee_loxnbagels@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:23:54 +0200, Hadron wrote:   
      
   > Moshe  writes:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> If it were a Linux based device, the Linux loons would be drooling   
   >> over it and telling us all how superior it is to Apple, Windows,   
   >> Microsoft etc.   
   >>   
   >> But it's not a Linux device, thank goodness or it might end up   
   >> being a blackboard with a #prompt and no instructions on how to   
   >> make it work.   
   >   
   > LOL! Yup. And according to Terry "Telnet" Porter it takes a minimum of   
   > ten years to acquire decent Linux skills!   
      
   It appears that Terry "Telnet" Porter must have dropped out of the   
   program at about year one.   
      
      
   >>   
   >> But of course the end user would have the source code, as if that   
   >> matters to most users.   
   >> It doesn't.   
   >   
   > Not to application developers. See the quality iPhone apps for that.   
      
   Yep.   
      
   >>   
   >> It's getting quite humorous watching the Linux cracked pots try   
   >> and discredit the iPad, iPhone, iPod etc.   
   >>   
   >> All the usual adjectives apply:   
   >>   
   >> Lemming.   
   >> Dumb user.   
   >> Click and pointer.   
   >> Apple fanboi   
   >> etc.   
   >   
   > "Sheeple" etc.   
      
   They don't realize that *nix elitism went down the drain years   
   ago.   
      
   The "mystic, cryptic, computer skills (ie:cli) don't impress   
   average folks anymore.   
      
   People like Jeddiah are looked upon as freaks and geeks who never   
   advanced with the technology.   
      
   BTW there is nothing wrong with the cli, but it's certainly no   
   longer a selling point to average Joe as the computer becomes more   
   like an appliance.   
      
   >> You would think that since this tactic hasn't worked with the   
   >> iPod, hasn't worked with the iPhone, hasn't worked with the   
   >> Macbooks that the chances are pretty decent it isn't going to work   
   >> with the iPad.   
   >>   
   >> The public has spoken and they are most certainly NOT speaking the   
   >> Linux word because for 15+ years desktop Linux has been free and   
   >> it's still going no place at less than 1.0 percent of the desktop   
   >> market.   
   >>   
   >> That in and of itself is pathetic and true testament to the   
   >> failure of Linux as a desktop operating system.   
   >>   
   >> But that won't stop the religious, zealot Linux cracked pots from   
   >> circling the wagons and trying to cover up the open sores on their   
   >> beloved Linux.   
   >   
   > Why they cant concentrate on the strengths of Linux instead of telling   
   > lies about more successful products is a mystery to me.   
      
   For the same reason Spamowitz and his creepy gang have turned this   
   group (COLA) into a Microsoft hate group instead of a Linux   
   advocacy group.   
      
   After you talk about having the source code, and Linux being free,   
   what else is there?   
      
   Neither of those two properties seem to be reeling in the average   
   consumer at all.   
      
      
      
   > Still at least   
   > the last couple of days got another wonderful Creepy Chris moment where   
   > he was proudly showing off to the other "advocates" and boldly stating   
   > that cooperative multitasking was not, in fact, multi tasking at all. Boy,   
   > did he slither from the beat down he got on that pretty damn quick or   
   > what!   
      
   I'm convinced Ahlstrom is no more a professional programmer than   
   HPT is a professional musician.   
   Neither has produced anything to make me think any differently.   
      
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