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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zippy.dct.ac.uk!mira.ecs.soton.ac.uk!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Apple and Linux/NetBSD Ports Message-ID: <4b6i11$b9u@mira.ecs.soton.ac.uk> From: lsn@mira.ecs.soton.ac.uk (Liang-Shing Ng) Date: 19 Dec 1995 14:25:37 -0000 References: <4auoo6$gov@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <adtDJsvAv.Lqp@netcom.com> Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Nntp-Posting-Host: mira.ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 24 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30822 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1611 In article <adtDJsvAv.Lqp@netcom.com>, Anthony D. Tribelli <adt@netcom.com> wrote: >1. Why is a Mac better at running linux that a PC, PREP, CHRP, or Alpha >system running linux? >2. Apple is more of a software company that a hardware company. What makes >them stand out is software, not hardware. Lots of people can make good >hardware these days, how would Apple stand out without unique software? Why is it then which makes DEC support Linux? Isn't DEC very similar to Apple, in that it produces both hardware and software? I don't agree that Apple is a software company. I see DEC's rationale is that by supporting Linux, it provides their potential customer an upgrade path (like a catalyst, with a lower energy profile, i.e. lower price and hardware/RAM requirement) to high end Alpha hardware and software. Apple might be in a similar position. LSN