Re: Server Mailing list? (LuKreme)

On Dec 26, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
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> It isn't a perfect world . . .but then at least it isn't Windows. One of the reasons for Apple's traditional stability (at least since Mac OS X shipped, 9 was a different story) and security advantages is the limited set of hardware their OS needs to work with . . .this makes things like drivers a whole lot easier to maintain. Are their bugs in Lion and drivers? Sure . . .there are almost always bugs in software.

I don't see greater stability or security advantages with Mac OS X compared to linux. Quite frankly the converse. It is much more esoteric tracking down drivers on linux, should they be needed. But I think this has far less to do with integration, but as you say - a limited set of hardware choices with which customers can become derailed.

And then the pre-Mac OS X era absolutely demonstrates how you can have integrated OS and hardware, and yet have abysmal stability.

And yes - Windows. It's like experiencing a dog vomitting on your shoes, once per minute, until logging out. The one exception there *might* be is Windows Phone 7 (despite it's 1% market share, I give Microsoft more credit for the long haul in this area than Symbian or RIM; other than the lack of apps, it's actually seemingly more refined than Android.)

Chris Murphy