Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!news.datemas.de!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Baker Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windows and Mac Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 10:49:59 -0700 Organization: Datemas.de http://www.news.datemas.de Lines: 84 Message-ID: References: <4bb6c$553a0184$43da7656$15582@nntpswitch.blueworldhosting.com> <554395bc$0$54662$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <020520150604196007%michelle@michelle.org> <020520151413399505%timstreater@greenbee.net> <020520150628182303%michelle@michelle.org> <060520150929077812%YourName@YourISP.com> <070520150925418048%YourName@YourISP.com> <-YmdnalZMKg4_NbInZ2dnUU7-UWdnZ2d@supernews.com> <070520151527548180%nospam@nospam.invalid> <070520151605202930%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: 65sghb5ZcLD9GfUkJjaKASXke8fCSHs0vti89huthvhMGXkq/IbHEel2a2mhGIehxX2op6xZQc01YAC9xCHWwu1TW6AYqdsga1cjW6iJqxe4WNPdYxnYpCr0nrliZLSIn6GjNAbuL0VnJcbrfcRB0/z+xcon728nMgyWF7PXKv4= X-Complaints-To: abuse@datemas.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 17:49:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:75285 On 2015-05-08 13:40:54 +0000, Caver1 said: > On 05/07/2015 07:00 PM, Alan Baker wrote: >> On 2015-05-07 21:38:10 +0000, Caver1 said: >> >>> On 05/07/2015 04:24 PM, Alan Baker wrote: >>>> On 2015-05-07 20:11:13 +0000, Marek Novotny said: >>>> >>>>> On 2015-05-07, nospam wrote: >>>>>> In article , Marek >>>>>> Novotny wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It certainly can be cost effective. You Linux guys imagine that the >>>>>>>>>> capital cost of the server is far more important than the ongoing costs >>>>>>>>>> to maintain the system. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So Facebook, Amazon, Google et al just love Linux so much that they are >>>>>>>>> all willing to lose money on the on-going costs to avoid the Mac? >>>>>>>>> There's a reason the industry avoids Apple like a cancer. You guys suck >>>>>>>>> ass. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> they don't avoid the mac at all. many, if not most, of their employees, >>>>>>>> use macs every single day. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We're talking servers, and no they do not use Macs as their server base. >>>>>>> They use Linux. >>>>>> >>>>>> you might be, but nobody else is. >>>>>> >>>>>> linux is great for servers, but it's extremely limiting for desktop use >>>>>> due to the lack of quality software options. >>>>>> >>>>>> that's why people get mac/windows to run photoshop, premiere, avid and >>>>>> much more that simply does not exist on linux (and the 'equivalents' >>>>>> are a sad joke). >>>>> >>>>> You cling to such a tiny fraction of the overall market. Such a fool. >>>> >>>> "Tiny fraction"? >>>> >>>> Apple sells 18 million computers a year and for the last quarter >>>> reported (calendar Q1 2015) sold 4.6 million Macs. IDC and Garter >>>> report 68.5 and 71.7 million PCs sold overall. That puts the Mac at >>>> something like 6.6% of all personal computers sold in the world. That's >>>> hardly a "tiny fraction" now is it? >>>> >>>> That's roughly one of every 16 personal computers sold in the world, >>>> Linux boy, and the figures are much better where people have greater >>>> wealth and can chose what they want more easily. >>>> >>>> In the US, the Mac's share of the personal computer market is about >>>> 11.5% That's better than 1 of every 9 personal computers sold. >>>> >>>>> Virtually all commodities are trading using Linux. The major stock >>>>> exchanges run on Linux. Amazon, Google, Facebook all run on Linux. Every >>>>> one of the 1.3 million Androids activated every day run Linux. Tablets, >>>>> TVs, likely your car, likely your modem and quite likely the news server >>>>> your posting to. But if it makes you feel better, yes, a couple million >>>>> users in the 1.3 billion pool of PC / Mac users need Photoshop and good >>>>> percentage of those prefer Macs. LOL. >>>>> >>>>> You guys are a teenie tiny little spec. >>>> >>>> Too bad facts differ so badly from your fantasy, Linux boy... >>>> >>>> LOL >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> 6.66% out of 100 that leaves 93.4%. 6.6 isn't so large. >> >> It's not a "tiny fraction" either... >> >> ...especially when you consider the some significant fraction of the >> "Windows" PCs are never actually used an actual personal computer. >> > > By your argument neither are Apple pcs. WHAT? Care to explain your "logic" there?