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|    Alan to Joel W. Crump    |
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|    28 Dec 25 20:51:26    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2025-12-28 17:44, Joel W. Crump wrote:       > On 12/28/25 6:38 PM, Alan wrote:       >       >>>>>>>>> The Mac interface is under-developed.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> In what specific ways?       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> It simply copies other OSes, being late to the game, never being       >>>>>>> up to date.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Name such a copy.       >>>>>       >>>>> Just the fact that they glued their proprietary system onto Unix       >>>>> tells the story.       >>>>       >>>> Not of supposed "copying" it doesn't.       >>>       >>> It's not original work.       >>       >> Which things aren't original and from what were they copied.       >>       >> List at least one specific thing.       >       >       > The really amusing thing is how they got mad at Google for copying the       > iPhone, it's OK for them to do it on countless things for their       > products, but they want to have a monopoly on that style of smartphone.       > Greed Inc.              Noting that you cannot produce a single instance of any of your supposed       "countless things".              >       >       >>>>>>>>> Even being a Unix flavor, it fails to act as one out of the box       >>>>>>>>> compared to a Linux distro,       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> In what way?       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Is that not obvious to you? Darwin has a great potential, but       >>>>>>> it's not a complete subsystem. At the end of the day,       >>>>>>> Microsoft's WSL 2 is better, because it implements GUI apps in a       >>>>>>> seamless- enough way.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> In what way is Darwin incomplete?       >>>>>       >>>>> Can I use macOS as a Unix flavor out of the box?       >>>>       >>>> Yup.       >>>       >>> Who is supporting that? Certainly not Apple.       >>       >> What do you mean by "supporting"?       >       >       > Its Unix support as it is sold by Apple is rudimentary.              Again. What "support" do you feel is lacking?              Name something provide by other Unix OS producers that Apple doesn't       provide.              >       >       >>>>>>>>> This is why, objectively, I am right,       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> Given that you never offer anything but your personal opinions,       >>>>>>>> the word "objectively"...       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> ...is objectively being used incorrectly.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> If I like something, it must be really good, because I have       >>>>>>> objective tastes and judgments on things.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> You're a loony.       >>>>>       >>>>> And yet I have quite a following.       >>>>       >>>> In your head.       >>>       >>> It's very real and I work hard at deserving it.       >       >> LOL!       >       >       > Fellow Usenet posters are not a good sample of an opinion on that, Alan.       > You see me as a competitor, because of our views on computers, the       > people reading in the shadows are simply judging the merits, I am very       > confident they find me highly compelling.       >              I see you as a joke.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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