Will Linux finish off the Mac 3140

Hiding in Plain Sight

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I think that's true. Discounting the folks who are using Macs and don't care about the Unixy aspects, that leaves a fairly small number of people, and I bet at least a good number are using it for the same reasons I am: it's easier to buy a Mac laptop than spend the time putting Linux on an Intel laptop.

I wonder if another reason some exhibitors used Macs was to give less offense - in other words, they want an easy to use machine for the sales guys at the show, but don't want to offend the Linux folk with Windows? Could be..

In my closet is a very nice jean jacket that a SCO regional manager gave to me years and years ago. It has a small but noticeable SCO logo above the pocket, nothing more. My wife likes it, so whjen she saw that I was wearing jeans for Linux world, she asked why I wasn't taking that jacket.. I said "You do want me to come home alive, don't you?"

I do have a customer who is at least considering replacing some desktop pc's with Macs, but I could not get her to consider Linux, even though she has Linux and Unix servers.. but if the world were Linux servers and Macs on desktops, I wouldn't be exactly unhappy..

-- Tony Lawrence