Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? 1224
Domains May Disappear writes "Chris Howard has an interesting commentary at Apple Matters on recent trends in OS market share that says that while OS X has seen continual growth, from 4.21% in Jan 2006 to 7.31% in December 2007 at the same time, Linux's percentage has risen from only 0.29% to 0.63%. The reasons? 'Apple has Microsoft Office, Linux doesn't; Apple has Adobe Creative Suite, Linux doesn't; Apple has easily accessed and easy to use service and support, Linux doesn't; Apple is driven by someone who has some understanding of end-user needs, Linux is not,' says Howard. 'Early in the decade it seemed that if you wanted a Windows alternative, Linux was it. Nowadays, an Apple Mac is undoubtedly the alternative and, with its resurgence and its Intel base, a very viable one.'"
No it isn't. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The Universal Platform (Score:2, Funny)
In addition, during this file transfer, my iPod will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Safari is straining to keep up as I type this.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various Macs, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Mac that has run faster than its Wintel counterpart, despite the Macs' faster chip architecture. My 486/66 with 8MB of ram running MS Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is faster than this G5 dual 2GHz machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Macintosh is a superior machine.
Mac addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a Mac over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.
Apple's resurgence helps Linux, not harms it (Score:5, Funny)
2. Linux will get cool stores, too
3. OOO is just as good as MS Office
4. KDE 5 will look just like Aqua
5. Gimp and Adobe work alike.
No, it's not flamebait, just reality.
Re:No (Score:1, Funny)
Re:meh statistics (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Marketing strategy (Score:4, Funny)
RMS? : p
Re:Point of view (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Point of view (Score:5, Funny)
Re:my rebuttal (Score:5, Funny)
Re:~150 Linux desktops migrate to OS X (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Source? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:my rebuttal (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The Universal Platform (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Universal Platform (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Scientists are buying macs in droves (Score:1, Funny)
It wasn't a coincidence that Linux came with developer tools... bought a printer? Write your own damned driver.
Re:This is false. (Score:1, Funny)