As a long user of MacOS, were I in Linus's position... Yeah, I can definitely see that choice.
System 7 and 8 worked but were definitely showing their age. OSX was a big bet and the right bet... But when it first came out it was overall slower than the OS it was intended to replace and required a lot of work to get to where it needed to be.
Hacking on someone else's decades of quick fixes doesn't sound nearly as fun as making your own mess.
I don't blame him. My dislike of the MacOS kernel goes even further. I will not go into the lurid details but it's a good thing Steve Jobs didn't ring with a job offer, put it that way.
Yes, he's not only a terrifying smart person, he had and still has convictions! And he was not selling them for anything. Rare traits nowadays, even this happened 25 years ago, i'm sure that he still wouldn't do it, even if Linux wouldn't have had become that successful.
Steve Jobs in 1989 offered me a job at NeXT when I was working on WAIS (pre-Web publishing system Wide Area Information Server), but he said they did not do open protocols, they 'published' theirs (ours was z39.50).
yeah so called foss people spending absurd amounts of money on their darling fruit cult while complaining about cost of living when they - so called "techies" - can easily get better hardware and install linux or android custom rom. No... Have to give money to the only "good" corporation around hoping to see the second coming of Jobs.
I think both platforms have done extremely well for themselves. The #Mac remains a content creators dream, as well as #macOS powering billions of iOS devices. #Linux on the other hand is the backbone of the Internet, embedded devices, AI, large data centers and the Cloud.
this pretends he had big disputes or offers from US computer giants. That is how Linux biased posters like to explain the past about their hero. However really tough argues he had with Andrew Tanenbaum, creator of Minix the academic universal King & Pope of modern computer architecture. In theory and practical experience he received all honours, all awards that Torvalds misses for his success almost all his lifetime. Another difference ? Tanenbaum was politically active!
Gato Negro
in reply to It's FOSS • • •lankohr
in reply to It's FOSS • • •none
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Mark T. Tomczak
in reply to It's FOSS • • •As a long user of MacOS, were I in Linus's position... Yeah, I can definitely see that choice.
System 7 and 8 worked but were definitely showing their age. OSX was a big bet and the right bet... But when it first came out it was overall slower than the OS it was intended to replace and required a lot of work to get to where it needed to be.
Hacking on someone else's decades of quick fixes doesn't sound nearly as fun as making your own mess.
Bleep
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Hubert Figuière
in reply to It's FOSS • • •crazyeddie
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Like a position at Apple is something to be all doe eyed about to begin with!
Linus must have laughed at the idea actually.
Squidf
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Scott Sigler
in reply to It's FOSS • • •mikeTesteLinuxQlub
in reply to It's FOSS • • •not a martian, honest
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Kenshin616
in reply to It's FOSS • • •A Catalyst
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Nicole Parsons
in reply to It's FOSS • • •This is especially important when a corporation accepts investment from murderous fossil fuel despots to promote AI.
businessinsider.com/saudi-arab…
theguardian.com/technology/202…
appleinsider.com/articles/25/1…
"Joint projects" sounds so much like Putin's "joint arctic energy projects"
english.alarabiya.net/News/gul…
sfgate.com/business/article/sa…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof…
Are You Over AI? How to Completely Disable Apple Intelligence With a Few Clicks
Jeff Carlson (CNET)Maddad ☑️
in reply to It's FOSS • • •mmu_man
in reply to It's FOSS • • •mmu_man
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Al & Val's Modern Homesteading
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Brokar
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Rare traits nowadays, even this happened 25 years ago, i'm sure that he still wouldn't do it, even if Linux wouldn't have had become that successful.
Brewster Kahle
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Steve Jobs in 1989 offered me a job at NeXT when I was working on WAIS (pre-Web publishing system Wide Area Information Server), but he said they did not do open protocols, they 'published' theirs (ours was z39.50).
I declined.
HTPC NZ
in reply to It's FOSS • • •soup2nuts
in reply to It's FOSS • • •MartinL_NZ ☑️
in reply to It's FOSS • • •adacosta
in reply to It's FOSS • • •It's FOSS
in reply to adacosta • • •It's FOSS
Unknown parent • • •It's FOSS
Unknown parent • • •It's FOSS
Unknown parent • • •Ԏєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪
in reply to It's FOSS • • •However really tough argues he had with Andrew Tanenbaum, creator of Minix the academic universal King & Pope of modern computer architecture. In theory and practical experience he received all honours, all awards that Torvalds misses for his success almost all his lifetime. Another difference ? Tanenbaum was politically active!
Sören
in reply to It's FOSS • • •#Linux since 1999
Now #opensuse
Sören
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Which one will break?
Olaf
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Nishant Neeraj Agnihotri
in reply to It's FOSS • • •sage_kase
in reply to It's FOSS • • •