MJ Ray wrote:
Unless something has changed, Darwin is *not* Open Source in the OSI sense, ie it is not Free Software (free as in freedom). This sort of confusion is
I'll bow to your superior knowledge of such matters here, but at least it's freer than Windows.
why I intensely dislike that term these days. Anyway, you're paying inflated hardware prices, inflated software licence fees and have given up your freedoms.
Inflated hardware prices: well, not really by much, if any. Find an x86 machine at the same price as an Apple one and you'll probably find that the performance/features are about equal.
Inflated software prices: Inflated from free (beer), yes, but (from Dabs): Windows XP Pro: £234 Mac OS X: £92
And just for comparison (yes, i know there are licensing issues with the other 2): Red Hat 7.2 Deluxe: £58 Red Hat 7.2 Pro: £140
As for freedom, I can't say as i'm in much of a position to go hacking around with any of OS X at the moment, plus, i can run linux on it if I want (SuSE, Debian, Yellow Dog, Mandrake).
Not many cool points for you ;-)
Damn...