Ubuntu, Macintosh and Windows XP 641
LXer has an interesting look at the big three operating systems with some surprising results. From the article: "If you think that a Linux advocate cannot make an objective analysis of desktop operating systems, then you need to read this report. You may find yourself surprised with some brutal honesty that leaves out the free software philosophy."
So Macintosh is to CHICKEN!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Have you ever noticed that in the scheme of naming meat for the three big land animals is completely broke?
Cow == Beef
Pig == Pork
But CHICKEN is still just CHICKEN ("Poultry" doesn't count as it encompasses all domesticated food birds).
Using this known quirk, we can safely assume, that if all of these Operating Systems were a meat, Macintosh would be CHICKEN!
Re:So Macintosh is to CHICKEN!!! (Score:2, Funny)
And by extending your logic, I can thus only conclude that NeXT was a TURKEY
Re:Far from "brutal" (Score:3, Funny)
Must be that new "confuse them" journalism.
Re:OUTGOING (Score:4, Funny)
What's that mean?
That there's one less competitor in getting that girl to notice you.
Re:Doesn't have a what?... (Score:3, Funny)
But Linux is a monolithic kernel [fluidsignal.com]... doesn't that mean that Photoshop should be part of the kernel?
Re:Our brutal honesty. (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I dunno what it used to be running on, but right now I'm going to guess it's running on a mixture of molten plastic, metal, and smoke.
Re:Doesn't have a what?... (Score:3, Funny)
I am sorry we were not able to provide you with a free copy of photoshop. I know that you won't be satisfied until somebody gives your everything photoshop does, the exact same as photoshop does it for free. In the mean time there is GIMP. MOST people find it adequate for everything they need to do.
"Pagemaker is a LOT better than Draw for, say, laying out a newsletter. Yes, yes, LaTeX... but why learn a complicated system when there's an easy one available?"
I am sorry we were not able to provide you a free copy of pagemaker. Many people find latex a far superior alternative though. I realize that those people may be more motivated then you, apparently they are able to learn Latex without too much trouble and sing it's praises non stop after they have.
"Dia may do for planning your network, but Visio is good for a lot of other things."
I am sorry we were not able to provide with a free copy of visio. Many people use Dia every day though and it seems to fit their needs just fine.
"Writing my congressman doesn't help me play a movie tonight, tomorrow, next week, or probably even this year."
Yes, there is no sense in trying to gain back the freedom that was taken away from you. It's much more important to be able to watch that movie where jennifer lopez falls in love with that ben affleck, that was so CUTE!. How can I possibly write my congressman when I have a jennifer lopez DVD to watch.
Oh one more thing.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK!
Thank you.
Re:Our brutal honesty. (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, like Keith Richards.
Re:About the tax software (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Far from "brutal" (Score:5, Funny)
Ubuntu has been mentioned regularly.
http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=ubuntu [slashdot.org]
http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=&query=ubuntu&a
It must be Digg that you're reading. Slashdot is the ugly site, remember?
Re:Or the internet (Score:5, Funny)
Note to IRS: Just Kidding