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

[Craig White]

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.
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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