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I wonder if he would choose different terms today. UNIX does not suck as a desktop operating system. OSX proves you can build a fantastic OS on top of UNIX. It
by jsz0 17y ago
I wonder if he would choose different terms today. UNIX does not suck as a desktop operating system. OSX proves you can build a fantastic OS on top of UNIX. It took Apple only a few years to do it right. What we're talking about is really a Linux/GPL/GTK/QT/etc problem isn't it? It's also a culture problem. There's basically no market for consumer Linux software because most Linux users prefer free OSS alternatives. It's irrelevant anyway -- the battle for desktop operating systems was over 25 years ago. Apple & Microsoft won. The future for Linux is mobiles & set tops. It's time to stop living in the past and focus resources on the future. Let's stop trying to fight lost wars.
- igorgue 17y agoBelieve it or not, but Miguel is probably one of the most pro - Free Software that I have read and write to, even if OSX or Windows were so awesome in year 2000, he would still work on GNOME and the Linux desktop. That's just something he truly believes. And I don't think Miguel or RMS should engage in a flame war, we owe too much to this two guys, literately they have written millions of lines of code, that run on almost every desktop computer today.