XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Alan Browne  wrote:   
   > On 2024-04-29 17:59, Chris wrote:   
   >> Andrew  wrote:   
   >>> Chris wrote on Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:50:54 -0000 (UTC) :   
   >>>   
   >>>>>> Apple doesn't support Linux working with iOS - Linux is in the real   
   world.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Since I use and program Linux for desktop and embedded projects I can   
   >>>>> attest to its severe limitations in the "real world".   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Esp. the absence of the more useful productivity apps (MS Office, Adobe   
   >>>>> creative s/w, etc.).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Agree. That's the main reason I moved from linux to macOS. OpenOffice just   
   >>>> didn't cut it in a work environment.   
   >>>   
   >>> In the work environment, almost everyone uses Microsoft Office nowadays.   
   >>   
   >> Exactly why I moved to macOS. Best of all worlds. A real unix and standard   
   >> office productivity apps. I can hack away on a shell script and prepare a   
   >> ppt presentation at the same time.   
   >   
   > When I decided to quit Windows (ca 2006) I tries Linux as my home   
   > computer for near a month.  It was clearly unworkable in "the real   
   > world" where using it with other people was concerned.  Installing and   
   > configuring s/w in those days was also a bit more painful than today.   
   >   
   > OpenOffice (in those days) was okay, but importing/exporting Word and   
   > Excel was a chore and a lot of formatting data (esp. Excel) was mangled   
   > in the process.   
      
   Nowadays MS office is far beyond anything open/libreoffice can cope with. I   
   use LO/OO at home for the most basic tasks simply because it's free.   
      
   >>   
   >>> Extremely few corporations use macOS as almost all use Microsoft Windows.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah many stick to the lowest common denominator. Cheap and cheerful.   
   >   
   > Also low training cost - most everyone knows Windows ... I hardly use it   
   > but when I'm forced to, no matter what the wrappings, the foundation   
   > crap never changes.   
      
   Yeah, true.   
      
   It's annoying at work that although macOS is a supported platform all   
   documentation/guidance is Windows only.   
      
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