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 18:49:55 GMT Lines: 44 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 9Adj7NfD2/Yubij0AITUsgbsDYSv7SXeWJAcJQ9IW26wTFvQTD Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:vqv7wPH4apfq893kjM5vEt7G8pw= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81953 alt.comp.freeware:245129 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324993 Peter Köhlmann wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> 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. > > A tiny subset of it Wrong again. Most popular open source software runs on OS X. -- 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