Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac 815
TrueSatan writes "Miguel de Icaza, via his blog, has explained his gradual move to the Apple Mac platform. 'While I missed the comprehensive Linux toolchain and userland, I did not miss having to chase the proper package for my current version of Linux, or beg someone to package something. Binaries just worked.' Here is one of his main reasons: 'To me, the fragmentation of Linux as a platform, the multiple incompatible distros, and the incompatibilities across versions of the same distro were my Three Mile Island/Chernobyl.' Reaction to his announcement includes a blog post from Jonathan Riddell of Blue Systems/Kubuntu. Given de Icaza's past association with Microsoft (CodePlex Foundation) and the Free Software Foundation's founder Richard Stallman's description of de Icaza as a 'traitor to the free software community,' this might be seen as more of a blow to Microsoft than to GNU/Linux."
So he is leaving... (Score:5, Funny)
So he is leaving the mess he caused?
In this case... (Score:5, Funny)
Gnome 3 so shitty (Score:5, Funny)
founder buys a mac and doesnt look back
Re:I was expecting Windows, but Mac?!?! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:2, Funny)
How dare you call Stallman a such a name. You scumbag, you're not even fit to pick the cheese of off Richards feet.
Re:Wow, only 13 years after screwing up Linux... (Score:5, Funny)
Linux just doesn't work as a day-to-day end-user platform anymore
So, the Year of Linux on the Desktop finally came, and I missed it?
Re:It's been decades. (Score:5, Funny)
Who are you trying to scare off with that?
Re:Not allow what? (Score:5, Funny)
Apple lets you sue..whatever you like
Oh Freudian slips how I love thee.. .
Meanwhile... (Score:0, Funny)
... the Linux community continues to talk to themselves across random blog posts. What a small and insignificant bunch.
Re:Philosophy is nice and all... (Score:5, Funny)
/* But if I thought Apple killed children and unicorns then I wouldn't use OSX, even if it was the best tool for a job. */
Shit, that'd probably get me to switch to Apple.
100 points to Icaza (Score:0, Funny)
Stallman's description of de Icaza as a 'traitor to the free software community,'
Any enemy of the filthy toe jam eater is a friend of mine.
Re:Richard Stallman is a shitheel (Score:0, Funny)
The slashdot guy?
Re:Philosophy is nice and all... (Score:5, Funny)
If someone can provide proof that Apple has been killing unicorns, then I will become a true convert and switch to OSX.
Have you seen a unicorn anywhere in Cupertino recently? No? Here is your proof.
Re:de Icaza (Score:5, Funny)
objdump -d exefile
Is far more complete than
man exefile
once you get past the learning curve.
Re:Whatever.... (Score:5, Funny)
Now, I'd rather just pop in a DVD or download a binary blob and drag it to /Applications. My family time is limited and I'd rather be spending it with them.
That's what the Germans probably said. "I don't care about elections and a free press and all that stuff. I'd rather just have the NAZIS sort things out so I can spend time with my Kinder, Kuche, Kirche"
Now you may say the comparison between Apple and the NAZIS is a bit hyperbolic. But is it really? Both Apple fans and the SS wore mostly black clothes and are almost entirely Caucasian. Sure there are some Asians in there, but then NAZIS were quite keen on the Japanese.
The more you think of it, the more you realise that buying an Apple produced device is exactly the same as voting for the NAZIS.
Still it's better than using Linux or bloody Windows 8.
Re:It's been decades. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So he is leaving... (Score:4, Funny)
Miguel leaving for Mac: Action Movie Dude walking away from an explosion.
Re:Philosophy is nice and all... (Score:5, Funny)
So Linux is like a shop full of tools and MacOS is like an angle grinder?
Re:It's been decades. (Score:3, Funny)
And, intriguingly, the install disk comes with a free set of "Apple labels" that can be applied to any computer.