I'm not here to defend Apple or Jobs, quite the contrary, I am glad that mofo's finally gone (there, I said it). But how did you get modded up so high with such a misguided comment? Apple imposes a lot of lock-in, but that has nothing to do with DRM. In fact, Apple fought against DRM in the iTunes store. And won. Apple never inspired any company to use DRM, companies use DRM because people steal software, resort to piracy, etc. Companies put DRM in their products for the same reason that we all put locks in our doors.

Ah, yes. Android does all that through GMail. Email, calendar and contacts. Excellent! And all your business data is belong to Google. Cos you know, privacy is dead. Schmidt said so. Thanks, but no, thanks.

"I, and many others, could not care less about being the most popular OS in the world- in fact, that'd take the fun out."

You are a fucking mindless idiot. You and everyone who modded you up. I want Linux to be a lot, lot more popular, so:

- more software companies will make versions of their software for it (like TextMaker);

- my bank will make their extra security module available for Linux so I can do online banking like normal people;

- my smartphone manufacturer will make its support applications available on Linux, so I can backup and restore at least my contact data, not type all my 100+ contacts manually when I buy a new phone because some basement-dwelling dipshit thinks that using an unpopular OS is l33t and kewl;

- hardware manufacturers will have more interest in offering drivers for Linux.

Do a favor to the world: die.

Ah yes, recording "What you hear" from the sound system is not "locked down" on Linux. Except it doesn't work. One has to deal with the intrincacies of JACK, which never worked for me on any of the three distros where I tried it.

In fact, any sound working on Linux at all is almost a miracle considering how confusing and feeble all the Linux sound architectures are. Even so, it works, but the last second of a song will be clipped, and you're lucky if you can have two sounds playing at the same time. And it all makes perfect sense, since Linux has always been, still is and shall always be designed for SERVERS. Why in the world would anyone need sound output in a server?

I love the CLI and use the terminal all day every day, but in essence, I have to agree with hairyfeet's assessment wholeheartedly.

Just instead of lashing out at the CLI, I complain that sound in Linux is clumsy and flawed, I still have trouble configuring Wifi, Bluetooth is almost impossible to be made to work decently, clipboard management STILL is an absolute pile of shit, Web browsing is noticeably slower than on Windows, Kon Colivas' patch set is refused over some silly technicality, and most window managers are installed with such abysmally lacking default configurations that I can't deny the whole Free Software case is just hopeless. This thing has always been, still is and shall ever be designed for servers. It is all downright hostile to anyone intending to run a desktop/workstation. If I really want to be honest, I have to admit: I use Linux because I am a hobbyist.

I am definitively not impressed.

Post a story about computer security and people will crack jokes to make fun of Windows right in one of the first comments. Like clockwork. Windows 7 is reported to be pretty secure, but Microsoft can't seem to shake off the bad reputation.

Anyone who has a stake at Apple, the company, should seriously weigh how much actual benefit and damage Steve Jobs' cavalier attitude has been causing to Apple over the last few years. The company's financial health is great, sure, but so is Microsoft's. Its health in terms of reputation, however, isn't so good, and it is likely to get worse over the next few years. Then we will see Apple dealing with whatever reputation it has built, that will be coming back to bite Apple in the ass.

"Mouse not found. Click left button to continue."

Yes, that is what software is supposed to do: make up for defective hardware.

Please call me back when this overrated editor acquires the ability to make up for a defective processor, motherboard and monitor. Now I have to run and learn Vim and prepare for the ever likely event of a nuclear holocaust, in which case all Control keys would certainly be swept off the face of the Earth.

No, I am not an emacs fan. Both of them suck.