Re: Ubuntu vs. Apple [WAS: Re: Novel and Microsoft]

Macs are fairly popular, but the Mac crowd rarely intersects with the Linux
crowd. This is probably due to the fact that if someone could get linux
running, why would they buy a Mac?

-jmz


On 11/12/06, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 21:07 -0700, Kevin Brown wrote:
> > >>>> I am thinking that Ubuntu has a good chance of becoming one of
> > >>>> the major operating systems. A lot of Apple users lately are
> > >>>> switching to Ubuntu. jmz
> > >>>
> > >>> Is this what you are referring to?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> No.
> > >>>
> > >>> -jmz
> > >>
> > >> Than can you give us some numbers or link to support the assumption
> > >> that "a lot of Apple users. . . are switching to Ubuntu"?
> > > ----
> >
> >
> > > just the statement 'a lot of Apple users' sounds like an oxymoron
> >
> > Maybe to you, but they do have more than 5 users.
> ----
> I know - they seem endlessly mired at 3% market share.
>
> You know my feeling about Macintosh anyway...great (but rather
> expensive) hardware, beta quality software, stupid interface decisions,
> inconsistent UNIX implementation.
>
> Sorry, I couldn't resist - it wasn't necessary.
>
> Craig
>
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