Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Parsons 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 18:19:37 GMT Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <051020151258277615%nospam@nospam.invalid> <3ZSdnZTmLryQJ4_LnZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@supernews.com> <051020151617595944%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151150097105%nospam@nospam.invalid> <7c381b10qiq1vb5mc1i1b5nep1mjomhir3@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net WFrkFnMZpSLc69XfsVMyfQ3yHgKnsGyDYaeg/gtJBfn6pGsJpB Cancel-Lock: sha1:QOhheUjq3zynQkGqhmm5UhHtZEU= User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81931 alt.comp.freeware:245107 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324966 On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:09:36 -0500, chrisv wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >>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. > > (rolling eyes) > >>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. > > No shit, Sherlock. > > Now how about the source to the OS itself? How about the vast array of > Linux distros, and how they work, compared to ONE OSX? > Why would YOU need the source to the OS? You clearly don't have the smarts to do anything with it. And we've discussed how screwed up the idea of all those distros is and why it is 2nd only to the attitude of 'advocates' in keeping linux off almost all desktops. > Why can't you guys concede such clearly correct points? OK, I'll concede those are points. But really, who gives a shit? -- Lloyd