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Linux guru: Windows is better for programmers than Mac OS X
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds is no fan of either Windows or Mac OS X, but in a recent interview, he slammed Mac OS X, calling its file system "utter crap," and said that Windows is a better operating system to program for.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Torvald was asked whether he likes Windows Vista or Mac's Leopard better. After saying that overall he prefers Leopard, he says, "OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary."
Torvalds criticizes both Microsoft and Apple for hyping new operating system releases. He claims, "An o/s should never have been something that people (in general) really care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should give a flying f*** about it except the technical people."
Further on in the interview, he adds, "To Microsoft and Apple the o/s is important as a way to control the whole environment, from a marketing and money-making standpoint, to force people to upgrade their applications, and your hardware."
Note to Torvalds: In capitalist countries, companies attempt to make profits. Microsoft makes money primarily by selling software; Apple primarily by selling hardware. If Microsoft and Apple stopped upgrading their operating systems -- and stopped hyping that fact -- they'd go out of business. So hype is an integral part of technology; it's not going away.
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