Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!ecngs!testfeeder.ecngs.de!81.171.118.62.MISMATCH!peer02.fr7!news.highwinds-media.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 19:06:11 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <5612928c$0$49041$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com> <051020151258277615%nospam@nospam.invalid> <3ZSdnZTmLryQJ4_LnZ2dnUU7-VmdnZ2d@supernews.com> <051020151617595944%nospam@nospam.invalid> <061020151150097105%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net vOd6S8/h9qAqim8+RpFOhgcnsA6jgBqDKENCD6S0D4d+4MlgbI Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:MvUFw9JcHL5Z00LbFF4KLgPhp/Q= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) X-Received-Bytes: 2653 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2746514681 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81982 alt.comp.freeware:245159 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325023 Peter Köhlmann wrote: > Snit wrote: > >> On 10/6/15, 11:40 AM, in article mv14fg$nfs$2@dont-email.me, "Peter >> Köhlmann" wrote: >> >>>>>> 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 >> >> Most of what Linux does > > Most from linux is *not* available. > You can basically forget nearly all GUI software needing X In other words all of the least needed apps. Translation: "Macs suck because they aren't Linux!" Got it. -- 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