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|    CrudeSausage to Alan    |
|    Re: Sorry, Mac Fans: Linux Is Actually t    |
|    31 Aug 25 07:14:31    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy       From: crude@sausa.ge              On 2025-08-31 12:08 a.m., Alan wrote:       > On 2025-08-30 12:35, CrudeSausage wrote:       >> On 2025-08-30 12:11 p.m., Alan wrote:       >>> On 2025-08-30 08:29, CrudeSausage wrote:       >>>> On 2025-08-28 9:12 p.m., Alan wrote:       >>>>> On 2025-08-28 19:23, Joel W. Crump wrote:       >>>>>> On 8/28/2025 2:31 PM, Alan wrote:       >>>>>>> On 2025-08-28 12:12, CrudeSausage wrote:       >>>>>>>> On 2025-08-28 10:53 a.m., Alan wrote:       >>>>>>>>> On 2025-08-28 00:12, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> Linux is becoming more and more dominant, that’s what’s changed.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> Yeah!       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> In the last two years it's gone from 3.12% share to 3.98%.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> Any day now.       >>>>>>>>> 🤣🤣🤣       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> There is no denying that Linux owns the server market. Neither       >>>>>>>> Windows nor Mac OS can deliver the kind of advantages a mere       >>>>>>>> Linux server can. Nevertheless, Microsoft seems to be the one       >>>>>>>> making the most money using a Linux server software through Azure.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Where the chief "advantage" is cost, yes.       >>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Wrong, idiot, you're so desperate to make a point about your lame       >>>>>> platform, that you say something so stupid, no, Windows servers       >>>>>> have their place, but Linux is much more designed to function in       >>>>>> the average server purposes, that is undeniable, you are a moron.       >>>>> In what way is it "much more designed to function"?       >>>>>       >>>>> What does it have that macOS would not that makes it better as a       >>>>> server?       >>>>       >>>> Linux doesn't have the overhead that MacOS would have for server       >>>> purposes.       >>>       >>> What overhead would that be?       >>       >> The necessity of a GUI to execute the tasks you would complete in the       >> Linux console. If you can demonstrate how there is no need for a GUI       >> on a Mac server compared to a Linux server, you are free to do so.       >       > Except you can do the tasks on the console from macOS.              Every task? Doubtful. Either way, prove it.              >>>> You can do pretty much everything in the Linux console whereas Apple       >>>> doesn't usually prioritize that part of their operating system.       >>>       >>> It doesn't put it forward to ordinary users...       >>>       >>> ...but it still exists.       >>       >> People who manage servers aren't ordinary users.       >       > And?       >       > Not prioritizing something doesn't mean it doesn't exist              Running MacOS on your server is like buying a Chevrolet Cobalt for drag       races.              >>>> Besides, we've been in this situation before. I recall when Apple       >>>> tried to push its Gx series servers in the mid-2000s. Absolutely no       >>>> one wanted them because the performance was laughable whereas the       >>>> cost was enormous. If I remember correctly, the company also       >>>> expected you to do everything through a GUI.       >>> But you didn't have to.       >>       >> Prove it.       > I used to DO it.              And you have yet to prove it.              --       God be with you,              CrudeSausage       Islam is the enemy       John 14:6              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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