Mike Leone on Thu, 3 Jan 2002 21:20:55 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] <compumike:#plug> dude debian rocks!


> your choice of window manager.  So with Apple using BSD and free
> software and at the same time all of the Linux apps compiled to run on
> BSD makes for an excellent system free from a standard controled by a
> single entity.

Apple hardware is all proprietary, and manufacture is controlled by one
company - Apple. There aren't even any licensed clone system manufacturers
anymore; Apple declined to renew the licensing deals.

So by using Apple you are in no way "free from a standard controlled by a
single entity", as the main hardware (and accompanying firmware, I believe)
can only be built by/purchased from Apple.





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