Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2024-04-29 17:59, Chris wrote:

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Chris wrote on Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:50:54 -0000 (UTC) :
 

Apple doesn't support Linux working with iOS - Linux is in the real world.

 
Since I use and program Linux for desktop and embedded projects I can
attest to its severe limitations in the "real world".
 
Esp. the absence of the more useful productivity apps (MS Office, Adobe
creative s/w, etc.).

 
Agree. That's the main reason I moved from linux to macOS. OpenOffice just
didn't cut it in a work environment.

 
In the work environment, almost everyone uses Microsoft Office nowadays.

 
Exactly why I moved to macOS. Best of all worlds. A real unix and standard
office productivity apps. I can hack away on a shell script and prepare a
ppt presentation at the same time.

 
When I decided to quit Windows (ca 2006) I tries Linux as my home
computer for near a month.  It was clearly unworkable in "the real
world" where using it with other people was concerned.  Installing and
configuring s/w in those days was also a bit more painful than today.
 
OpenOffice (in those days) was okay, but importing/exporting Word and
Excel was a chore and a lot of formatting data (esp. Excel) was mangled
in the process.

Nowadays MS office is far beyond anything open/libreoffice can cope with. I
use LO/OO at home for the most basic tasks simply because it's free.

 

Extremely few corporations use macOS as almost all use Microsoft Windows.

 
Yeah many stick to the lowest common denominator. Cheap and cheerful.

 
Also low training cost - most everyone knows Windows ... I hardly use it
but when I'm forced to, no matter what the wrappings, the foundation
crap never changes.

Yeah, true.

It's annoying at work that although macOS is a supported platform all
documentation/guidance is Windows only.