Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Racist Apple is targeting blacks only and abusing white women to do it. Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:44:28 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <7imjljd1v6pn0he0s7hfu2p7uja4uls97l@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:44:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b35cbdd13b2a40884c412c4cb987c9e7"; logging-data="1759172"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19w4mi6sTOHs+idzrIiSp05LL1xWj/mJQM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rAOTkiYjL8x/Bsezpyj2fITH20M= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: <7imjljd1v6pn0he0s7hfu2p7uja4uls97l@4ax.com> On 2024-12-11 10:34, Joel wrote: > Alan wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Apple uses a kernel called XNU that they developed from Mach and >>>>>>>>>> other sources with huge amounts of their own work as well. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Now, here's a question for you: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Why is it even important which kernel Apple uses? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> They didn't build it from scratch, like Winblows NT did. Why did >>>>>>>>> Gates hire Cutler? Why did Apple wish they could've? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Why SHOULD they build it from scratch. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *That* is the question, believe it or not. >>>>>> >>>>>> One you're not answering... >>>>> >>>>> Why do you think we call GNU/Linux mainly "Linux", it's a tribute to >>>>> Torvalds for being beyond a genius. >>>> >>>> That still doesn't answer the question. >>> >>> I can boot my modern PC with Linux, because a person with the mind to >>> create a kernel exists. Apple never acquired a programmer quite on >>> that level, clearly. >> >> And again: >> >> What does it matter WHO wrote the kernel? >> >> What's important is that the computer works. >> >> And macOS works. >> >> You need to learn what a circular argument is. > > > It matters that Apple is secondary in the industry. So it's about bragging rights again. > They depend on > Microsoft and Adobe to develop applications. Apple makes computers and other computing devices and the operating systems for those devices along with many applications to run on them. > I actually enjoyed > seeing the free trial of M$ Office for Mac. Showed it to my mom, > who's always used Office for Winblows. The Mac version of Office is > actually great software. And I imagine Adobe's stuff is pretty great > on it, and the movie editing, etc. But for a typical PC user, posting > on Usenet everyday, macOS is a quirky choice. Again with the "quirky". I support computer users for a living, and what I can tell you is that while I technically have quite a few clients who use Macs, I almost never see them anymore. Because their Macs work that well.