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|    Alan to Joel W. Crump    |
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|    29 Dec 25 09:46:35    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2025-12-29 07:42, Joel W. Crump wrote:       > On 12/28/25 11:51 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.       >       >       > You *are* a joke, and so are Macs.       >              Wow! How original!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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