Re: Linux advocacy

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:35:31 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:27:47 -0400, DFS wrote:
 

And at least 2 former cola Linux advocates - Tattoo Vampire and
SMelzzzzz - have abandoned Linux and embraced Apple.  That tells you a
lot about how good Apple stuff is.

 
Quality of advocates beats quantity any time.
 
Ken Thompson, one of the original Bell Labs crew that created Unix, now
80 years old, was asked last year what OS he uses, and he replied
<https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/unix-pioneer-ken-thompson-announces-

hes-switching-from-mac-to-linux.88451/>:

 
    I have, for most of my life — because I was sort of born into it —
    run Apple.

The Jesuits advocated getting them while they're young.  Nobody ever
wanted to pay me to develop Apple software so I've never used an Apple
computer. The embedded work I did was on Intel or Zilog which naturally
led to CP/M and not Apple II.

In later years it was an aversion to walled gardens. To paraphrase Lennon,
Apple users think they're so clever, classless, and free but they're still
fucking peasants as far as I can see and love their little feudal domain.