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Re: Poor "Snit"

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject Re: Poor "Snit"
Date 2017-04-21 09:19 -0700
Message-ID <D51F7F23.A0A33%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References (10 earlier) <odceeg$h8p$1@dont-email.me> <j8tjfcd65h0qkr37dt6drjbgvf8j28ej5l@4ax.com> <210420171013485537%nospam@nospam.invalid> <odd47m$qn1$1@dont-email.me> <210420171032322982%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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On 4/21/17, 7:32 AM, in article 210420171032322982%nospam@nospam.invalid,
"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <odd47m$qn1$1@dont-email.me>, Peter Köhlmann
> <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> the real question is why anyone would willingly do that because by
>>>>>> doing so, they won't be able to use the vast amount of mac/windows
>>>>>> software that is not available in linux. it's a downgrade.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Whereas windows or Mac will never run more than a small part of linux
>>>>> software. The little bit which is ported makes only a small portion of
>>>>> the available software
>>>> 
>>>> It's an example of the closed, unimaginative mindset so typical of a
>>>> Mac fan.  He can't think of any reason why anyone would need more
>>>> freedom.
>>> 
>>> there is no lack of freedom on a mac. anyone can do whatever the hell
>>> they want with it.
>> 
>> Wrong. Anyone can do with it what apple allows him to do
> 
> nonsense. apple does not limit what someone can do in any way. the only
> limits are that of the user.
> 
>> When apple once again decides to drop support for existing third party
>> programs, as they have routinely done with new OSX versions, the users can't
>> do absolutely nothing about that
> 
> more nonsense. 
> 
> third parties support their own apps. it's no different on mac than any
> other platform.

There are programs that stop working on updates. This is less of a problem
than in the past, but I will agree it happens more on macOS than I would
like (or OS X in the past).

>>> there's actually *more* freedom with a mac because a mac can natively
>>> run all mac, windows, linux and bsd apps, the widest choice of any
>>> platform.
>> 
>> The Mac can run only a very small subset of linux programs. And not *all* of
>> them. That is simply a lie
> 
> nonsense again. the only apps that won't work are linux-specific, and
> therefore not portable. they won't work on *bsd either.


-- 
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use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Re: Poor "Snit" Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2017-04-20 18:25 +0000
  Re: Poor "Snit" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 13:58 -0500
  Re: Poor "Snit" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 14:23 -0500
    Re: Poor "Snit" "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 15:41 -0400
      Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:57 -0700
        Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 13:01 -0700
        Re: Poor "Snit" "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 16:06 -0400
          Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 16:20 -0400
            Re: Poor "Snit" "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 18:32 -0400
              Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:36 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 21:13 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 18:29 -0700
              Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 19:00 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 16:17 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-04-21 10:07 +0200
                Re: Poor "Snit" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 07:11 -0500
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:13 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-04-21 16:19 +0200
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:32 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:19 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 12:34 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:38 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 13:25 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 11:52 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 15:07 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 12:41 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 18:17 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 08:47 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 09:19 -0500
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:32 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 09:39 -0500
                Re: Poor "Snit" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 10:42 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:22 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:45 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:21 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-21 11:59 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:25 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:18 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 08:48 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 08:55 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-21 11:56 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 12:14 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-21 12:24 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 12:27 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-21 15:05 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:36 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 12:23 -0500
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 13:26 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 12:39 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 11:17 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 12:43 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 09:24 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 08:44 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 13:25 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 11:20 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 08:23 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 13:25 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 11:18 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 10:13 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 08:21 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2017-04-21 12:13 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 15:19 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-21 17:40 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:13 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 18:20 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 18:17 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 12:42 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2017-04-21 17:21 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:15 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 18:17 -0400
                Re: Poor "Snit" DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 12:34 -0400
          Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 13:35 -0700
    Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:53 -0700
    Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 17:17 -0700
      Re: Poor "Snit" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 19:42 -0500
        Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 18:02 -0700
        Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 18:20 -0700
          Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 18:29 -0700
            Re: Poor "Snit" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 20:46 -0500
              Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 19:05 -0700
              Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-04-21 02:10 +0000
                Re: Poor "Snit" Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 21:18 -0500
                Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-04-21 02:31 +0000
                Re: Poor "Snit" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 03:03 +0000
                Re: Poor "Snit" owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 03:10 +0000
                Re: Poor "Snit" Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 20:15 -0700
                Re: Poor "Snit" Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 20:18 -0700

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