First of all, it really amuses me whenever one @Phillip talks about Android. His level of ignorance is (on Android) is amusing, to say the least.
Anyway, what I get from Aki is he is wondering why supporters of OSF and all things open and free adopt Apple and its products.
My attempt to answer would be because:
1) The solution works
Sometimes you want a product that will work first time so you can concentrate on getting productive off the solution/product
2) Few people, at least in Africa, use open source out of principle.
3) Money is not a problem for Apple users
4) Linux for corporate desktop still wanting
This is my own opinion. I have used OpenOffice, LibreOffice but still they are nowhere close to MS Office
I attended a training by Oracle where they were making presentations in MS Powerpoint. For a company that for all intents and purposes OWNS OpenOffice, this is very telling.
FYI, I have never used a Mac. Nor do I see myself using one soon. Most new laptops come pre-installed with genuine windows. PCLinuxOS is my dual boot. I never really got into the Ubuntu bandwagon
As for Iphone, well, again, I havent used. But I have seen instances where my android phone lacks and an iphone wins big time. If these were critical for me, closed or not closed I would go for the Iphone
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:25 PM, aki
<aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Martin, thnks. The use of words like bang and olufsen , philips bring back what audio really should have been. There is no denying that Apple falls into that category, but locking down it''s OS to hardware is totally anti-development. This makes it the top most proprietary system, when compared to other paid OSés. If anyone can hack on Unix based platforms, there is no need to be paying top dollar for such. Apple's popularity maybe driven by design but the fact that middle income sectors have grown thus there is money to purchase such devices. In the recent riots in the UK, Apple's products were most wanted, driving a youth culture of devices rather than code.
Rgds.
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