[Leaplist] Linux not on the list of losers! Not surprised.

["pberry2" at cfl.rr.com]

Damien McKenna wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2007, at 9:05 AM, pberry2 at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>> PS3 named among the Top 10 most overrated products of all time!
>
> Some things that should have been on the list:
>
> * Microsoft's OpenXML "standard"
> * The old MacOS (anything pre-OSX)
> * .NET
> * Outlook
> * USB
> * Almost every CPU technology Intel has created since the original 
> Pentium Pro, excluding the Core 2 Duo, especially the Pentium 4
>
> --Damien McKenna - Husband, father, geek.
> damien at mc-kenna.com - http://www.mc-kenna.com/
>
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Now, I will object to the critique you have of Mac OS, and I have 4 
boxes running OS9.2.1 or .2, really sweet.
You see, the Mac OS is integrated for the cpu and chipset.  So, with the 
newer and free browsers. they really run very well, without any flaws.

I like it that Apple.com has all the legasy info, back to the first machine.

I like it not that everything is closed source and secretive, as I could 
repair these machines at the component level, but, often, I have to 
reverse engineer the board traces and draw out the circuits in long 
hand, to trouble shoot. 

Well, tons of older machines are available, free, or very cheap.