Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news.unit0.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Date: 7 Mar 2017 17:17:52 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <54WdnYvDl53EAyDFnZ2dnUU7-YnNnZ2d@giganews.com> <9v7rbc1d5pqafuct90889pjp50nickh6jo@4ax.com> <14uvA.82336$vF2.23406@fx46.am4> X-Trace: individual.net Iw1zl8kFKSHwiP9OmB/wcQ7Vz9a36doNW23NTuL7pOlZeoIETa Cancel-Lock: sha1:nG63CiGnHKoZM7fO1KCsVXPLLxQ= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:57493 comp.os.linux.advocacy:399825 comp.sys.mac.system:101934 alt.comp.os.windows-10:36193 On 2017-03-07, Alan Browne wrote: > > OTOH, Linux in the form of Android has overwhelmed the mobile market And Android only uses Linux as a subsystem; all apps are written in Java and run in a Java VM. > I'm not putting down the Linux OS. It's magnificent. Just not a useful > desktop environment - not well enough supported by mainline productivity > tool makers. The disparate and sometimes incoherent desktop "options" > that Linux fans see as a strength are really one of its biggest > obstacles to uptake. > > In that regard Apple have dominated in making a rationally designed(and > attractive) desktop environment. And it's free too (upgrade wise). > Just the h/w that is relatively more expensive than what the typical > box-building Linux home/office user would buy. Yup. -- 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