Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!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 18:03:27 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <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 f7HkctR5ui+kc0w/w7a7WAM0SNTraLJdDGc6kY34U0Npf3Hr1Z Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:lluYCsFVKfJP/E7/3i3N/ho2Mjc= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81923 alt.comp.freeware:245097 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324956 chrisv wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> chrisv wrote: >>> >>> "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. > > Idiot. That doesn't give Mac users the same array of choice as Linux > users have. Mac users have *one* way to do things - the (rather > restrictive) way that the Apple Corp has decided to do it. You really don't know what you are talking about if that's what you think. There are a bunch of different package managers available for OS X, and most popular open source software compiles with a simple ./configure, make, sudo make install. -- 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