[lbo-talk] Linux, was New Imperialism? Imperialism has been monopoly

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Apr 2 12:47:48 PST 2005


joanna bujes wrote:


>If I were just using a computer for my own needs, the Mac would win
>hands down. But, for work, I'd probably rather have a UNIX box --
>assuming, BIG assumption, that they actually gave me some time to
>learn it.

Mac OS X is Unix-based, and if you feel like it, you can get as down & dirty with it as you like. I used to go for that sort of thing - I started playing with computers my first semester in college, Fall 1971 - but no longer. I just want the thing to be easy to use and pretty.

Doug



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