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 19:06:12 GMT Lines: 55 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 A75OdN5TPAo6kWN4BK5fMwFILNv8zgIqbLGEQXoSBwnIMKv68G Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:+1FcJrwx5cLJeupKipdQo5UnwsU= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81984 alt.comp.freeware:245161 comp.os.linux.advocacy:325025 Peter Köhlmann wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> 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. >> > > And here are the goalposts screeching again > > Now it is suddenly "popular open source". Meaning that you will redefine > "popular" as much as you need it Popular is well enough defined in any dictionary, silly boy. -- 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