XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/24/2025 5:32 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:52:22 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >   
   >> But no, buying a fucking Mac is not the answer.  It's too expensive.   
   >   
   > And lacking in expandability and versatility. All Apple’s machines are   
   > basically just glorified laptops now.   
   >   
   > And the OS may have licensed the “Unix” trademark, but it doesn’t work   
   the   
   > way people expect traditional “Unix” systems to work.   
   >   
   > Ask one of the original Bell Labs crew, Ken “Mr Unix” Thompson: he has   
   > given up on Apple and switched to Linux.   
      
   Interesting. Will Linux run MS Office? Quicken? MS Teams? Current   
   Acrobat version? Spektrum Programmer (RC model airplane firmware)? Go   
   Pro software? ForeFlight (or a substitute)?   
      
   I use all these on a frequent basis. All are readily available on   
   Windows and/or iOS/Mac OS.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)