| From: | jcompton |
| Date: | 4 Sep 2000 at 03:29:06 |
| Subject: | Re: Oh No not linux |
> I don't think we can deny we're a shrinking clan, I am still a bit baffled
> why the exodus has to be all the way to wintel.
Think about it. People leaving the Amiga have spent the better part of a
decade (in fact, in the US, an entire decade) with an under-supported
platform. After all that suffering, it's really really tempting to join a
world where by comparison your every needs are waited on hand and foot.
It doesn't seem that far
> back that certain magazines were praising the ability to emulate the MAC
> and all the apps we could use.
Right, but the Mac is limping along as an also-ran with no real potential
to break through as a legitimate equal player. Let's not forget that Apple
had to essentially mortgage themselves to Microsoft a few years ago just
to keep Office updates coming.
> If you have to go why not try PPClinux before you do. It seems silly that
> Amiga users can go on about Fusion and see linux as alien. At least if you
Linux is considerably more difficult to learn than the Mac.
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