Re: Preferences.app vs Configure.app; was Re: ANN: GNUtooth, Bluetooth 'support' forGNUstep

[Jeff Teunissen]

Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:

> On 15.05.2003 11:20:47 Jeff Teunissen wrote:
> >No, it's merely an artifact of how Apple machines are constructed, and
> >inapplicable to commodity systems. Configure needs to be able to set
> >things up, because on hardware that isn't locked down by the
> >manufacturer, there are things that need to be set up before they will
> >work.
> 
> <rant>
> FUD, FUD, FUD!

[snip]

> I know that you have some hatred towards Macs. This is of course solely
> your decision and I don't want to keep you from acting out this bias.
> But don't tell things you can not prove.
> </rant>

FUD FUD FUD yourself. I have no hatred whatever towards Macs, or even
Apple. I dislike what Apple have done to combine Mac OS and
NeXTstep/OPENSTEP. Each one, taken individually, is a great piece of
software. The combination is a great piece of elephant offal.

I also say, without qualification, that Apple are not relevant to the
future of free software. As such, they are no better and no worse than the
rest of the proprietary software companies, and are doomed along with the
rest of them by the growth of free software running on commodity hardware.

Doesn't mean I hate them, it merely means that I relegate them to the
ashbin of history along with the SCOs, Microsofts, and Oracles of the
world. Eventually, all will fall, and it's best to let them die rather
than prop them up. Ignoring and refusing to support them will merely
accelerate the process of either converting them to free software, or
putting them out of our misery.

Even including Darwin, they don't do free software. At best, they take
advantage of the good will of others by taking free bug fixes and
development without accepting any risk. It's a good gig, if you can get
it.

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