Comment Re:Close: Switch to OS X (Score 2) 264
This has been fun. I have frequented the forums for a while now and have never really posted anything other than brief comments here and there but this one I thought I would go at it full board. Thanks for replies and you are all right. My response has been short and to the point with many technicalities left out because it was a spur of the moment post. That's what makes this fun and able to enjoy everyone elses take on matters.
As far as OS X being FreeBSD is absurd and I should have stated that more correctly in that it is derived from FreeBSD. It is as close to FreeBSD as Linux is to UNIX as well as OS X is UNIX.
Stating that open source is just plain more secure is an obvious over-simplification. But the fact is that open source applications, especially the Linux kernel has a better chance of being more secure with more eyes on the code world-wide.
For somone to call Windows and Mac users my opponents is funny as well. I dont have opponents in the computer world. I support all of them. I have built fairly complex web server environments on both Linux and Windows. I have had to support Mac users in a graphics environment and have enjoyed it all. I like to express opinions as well as listen to them. And when I said "idiots" it meant that an entirely graphical Operating System to me and to most SysAdmins is a limitation more than a benefit. If you are a user of the operating system it is better through and through. In other words, at times, GUI OSes are "idiot proof" not that only idiots use them. In fact, I want to buy a Mac for my own personal use but I cant afford one for one.
In the end, my statements were just as short and rash as the original statement.
I am sure you have already read this but check this out as well http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/
Also, take a look at this especially under the heading "BSD": http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_xnu.html
Thanks.
As far as OS X being FreeBSD is absurd and I should have stated that more correctly in that it is derived from FreeBSD. It is as close to FreeBSD as Linux is to UNIX as well as OS X is UNIX.
Stating that open source is just plain more secure is an obvious over-simplification. But the fact is that open source applications, especially the Linux kernel has a better chance of being more secure with more eyes on the code world-wide.
For somone to call Windows and Mac users my opponents is funny as well. I dont have opponents in the computer world. I support all of them. I have built fairly complex web server environments on both Linux and Windows. I have had to support Mac users in a graphics environment and have enjoyed it all. I like to express opinions as well as listen to them. And when I said "idiots" it meant that an entirely graphical Operating System to me and to most SysAdmins is a limitation more than a benefit. If you are a user of the operating system it is better through and through. In other words, at times, GUI OSes are "idiot proof" not that only idiots use them. In fact, I want to buy a Mac for my own personal use but I cant afford one for one.
In the end, my statements were just as short and rash as the original statement.
I am sure you have already read this but check this out as well http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/
Also, take a look at this especially under the heading "BSD": http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_xnu.html
Thanks.
