Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.freeware,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: 6 Oct 2015 17:44:13 GMT Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <5612928c$0$49041$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> <051020151258277615%nospam@nospam.invalid> <3ZSdnZTmLryQJ4_LnZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@supernews.com> <051020151617595944%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151150097105%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Jl0fkzYGbY2t3nJJxqH8kAjSZYz/gP4hgeCA1Tp35VEZa6P6yn Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:Kdm4Jm52lm6I6c9METhv41JZVUk= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81906 alt.comp.freeware:245080 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324935 chrisv wrote: > nospam wrote: > >> chrisv wrote: >>> >>>>> So on topic of target audiences, who is the target for Linux? What does >>>>> the Linux user want? >>>> >>>> there is no target audience. that's why it's the way it is. it has no >>>> focus. >>> >>> In other words, there is more choice, a clear advantage over the "one >>> size fits all" compromise that Windows tries to be. >> >> other way around. > > So I'm just completely wrong, and my point above has zero merit, huh? > > OK, "Snit" Jr. > >> linux has *less* choice because of the sheer lack of quality software > > "Mac users have the choice to run Photoshop and such, and Linux users > don't, therefore Mac users have more choice than Linux users." > > Really? Is that the definition of choice? The huge variety that > Linux offers (both "ready to run" and the limitless possibilities that > being open-source offers) count for nothing, in the "choice > sweepstakes"? Irrelevant since OS X runs open source software as well. > Your attempt to limit the definition of choice, to the one area where > your beloved Mac has the advantage, has been rejected. You can't run it on Linux. Keep dodging! -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR