From: chris@Odyssey.ucc.ie (Chris Higgins) Subject: Re: Linux on Macintrashes? (Was: Re: Linux on Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 18:21:39 GMT
In article 1qhhd7INN7m0@matt.ksu.ksu.edu, strat@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Davis) writes:
>nmspillers@ualr.edu writes:
>
>[excerpt from a GNU vs. Apple thread deleted]
>
>>The point is, there are a lot of folks out there with Macs. They are not
>>encouraging facist computing, nor are they a member of Apple's "Evil Empire"
>>and wander around with a Borg-like mentality--"My user interface will
>>assimilate you, resistance is futile". They merely bought a nifty, well
>>built machine that fills their needs, why punish them? Shoot, most of 'em
>>don't even *know* about the FSF or GNU or any boycotts!
>
>If they don't know about FSF or GNU it is because they *have* been
>'assimilated' by the Macintrash empire. If they were dumb enough to
>buy an over-priced-one-mouse-button-tiny-black-and-white-screen-
>bloated-awful-looking-os-without-a-cli-and-built-by-fascists computer
>in the first place, there's really no reason for them to want or need
>UNIX. After all, purchasing a Macintrash is acceptance of its point
>and drool interface, AND a token of acceptance for Apple's business
>practices-- both of which go against the free software/UNIX tradition.
The thing is, that if they have a MAC and they don't know about the FSF/GNU then they won't want a CLI, they won't want Un*x. So I agree that porting Linux to the MAC would
be in violation of the FSF recomendation/guideline/rule/whatever.
BUT, having said that, I do believe that the FREE OS / FREE Software thing from GNU
will have to be clarified....
>
>>I want to learn, I want to do something worthwhile and give a little back to
>>the computing community that has helped me so much, and I think this is a good
>>way of achieving these aims. . .
>
>Not at all. The best way would be to chuck that Mac out the window
>and buy a real computer.
The MAC *IS* a real computer. ('real' does not imply 'good')... It's the politics
behind it that is the problem.
>
>Stratocaster
>--
> Steve Davis (I'm a student, not a spokesperson!)
> strat@cis.ksu.edu - Kansas State University - Manhattan KS
>
>I assume that as a beginner you'll just want to blow people up. -- Red Shirt
Why stop when you are no longer a beginner ?