[CS-FSLUG] Macs replace university's Linux desktops

[Fred A. Miller]

On Friday 27 May 2005 8:32 pm, Don Parris wrote:
> On 5/27/05, "國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)" <survivor at brisnet.org> wrote:
> > Hope of Linux tackling the desktop market has suffered a reality check
> > with the University of Melbourne's Trinity College dumping the penguin
> > in favor of Unix cousin Mac OS X, not x86-based rival, Windows.
> >
> > http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/05/24/maclinux/index.php
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
> At least we're losing out to a *NIX system.  That's better than the
> alternative.  To me, it's not that big a set-back.  It's a shame that
> they chose proprietary over freedom.  Still, at least they chose
> stability over instability.

He makes a valid point - Apple hardware IS better made than most PC hardware.

Fred

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