__/ [ Snit ] on Tuesday 16 January 2007 21:42 \__
> "7" <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
> ywbrh.32022$k74.1724@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 1/16/07 2:33 PM:
>
>> asstroturfer Snit wrote on behalf of appil corporation:
>>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
>>> 1705611.ROHkPGCQRd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 1/16/07 2:04 PM:
>>>
>>>> New Gnome Control Center for Ubuntu?s Feisty Fawn & Gnome 2.17
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | One of the more noteworthy changes that users you will likely see
>>>> | in the next release of Ubuntu's Feisty Fawn and in Gnome 2.18, will
>>>> | be a new Gnome Control Center. The concept of having a central
>>>> | control center to manage user preference?s and system administration
>>>> | tasks is not new.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://lunapark6.com/?p=2728
>>>
>>> Good to hear... actually sorta amazing that it took this long to get
>>> something like this. The organization seems fairly Windows like and the
>>> search is rather Mac like... but still good to see Ubuntu get something
>>> like this.
>>
>>
>> Snot dude, Maks suck, so does windopz, just buy a PC, install GNU/Linux
>> and be done with it.
>>
> In what way do you think GNU/Linux would work better for me than the Mac I
> use now?
The one thing to remember is that Apple enslaves what it perceives as
"customer". There is no "user" per se. Data is stored in proprietary
formats; the customer becomes accustomed to or dependent on something that's
commercial (e.g. Finder), which makes exit barriers high(er). As/if the cost
of the product rises, the customer must accept and comply.
A decentralised approach to development gives you software that you control;
not software that controls /you/ (and your wallet). You never know how
things evolve... DRM-wise... restrictions-wide... in litigious terms...
availability (who will maintain the code _if_ Apple reached bankruptcy in 10
years?)... the list goes on...
Do you /own/ your O/S. Or are you just licensed to use somebody else's? Take
the test drive. The car is yours.
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