I got a first-gen Macbook last fall, and have enjoyed it ever since. I like OSX unobtrustive Aqua interface, and it feels good having a BSD system just a click away. Eventually, however, I missed the OSS world and associated culture -- and got tired of being treated by an idiot by the occasional limiting dialog (ex. you can't enable personal web sharing with the GUI tools to test a PHP script locally without opening the firewall to the outside). Fink/Darwinports is okay, but nothing compares to a *real* OSS repository (Debian/Ubuntu). I not primarily use Ubuntu on it.
Now for the OT monopoly-bashing:
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Originally Posted by frak  Apple and Linux are innovative, and Microsoft needs that innovativeness to steal, copy, and place on the opposite end of the screen. |
Agreed. I thought the "Microsoft isn't innovative" thing was just hyperbolic flame, until I mentioned MSH (Precursor to PowerShell) in a blog pointing out all the things Vista seemed to be copying from OSS. To my surprise, the M$ architect of MSH left a comment saying:
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> Microsoft has been a contributor to technology, but not a leader.
Not that it matters much one way or the other but do you perceive that Windows PowerShell is not providing any leadership in the CLI space? It is certainly true that we are standing on the shoulders of giants and I go out of my way to give credit to the UNIX/VMS/AS400 superstars that came before us. That said, I think we are moving the ball forward in a pretty substantial way.
> Then they’ll unveal that MSH (PowerShell) was designed to fit neatly into any POSIX system. [[I said this in jest]]
That is truer than you can imagine. By in large, PowerShell depends only on the .NET framework (there are a couple exceptions were we use WINDOWS security APIs).
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell/Aspen Architect
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I was stunned enough to email him to confirm he actually wrote that. Hope he doesn't mind me plastering his confession all over the web :-P.
Siggy