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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:35:31 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

    Now recently, meaning within the last five years, I've become more
    and more depressed, and what Apple is doing to something that
    should allow you to work is just atrocious. But they are taking a
    lot of space and time to do it, so it's okay.

    And I have come, within the last month or two, to say, even though
    I've invested, you know, a zillion years in Apple — I'm throwing
    it away. And I'm going to Linux. To Raspbian in particular.

Think about that: one of the original crew that created Unix does not
see Apple’s current offering as a worthy successor to his pioneering
work: he prefers Linux instead.