[Tfug] Steve Jobs has passed away
Mike Abeyta
kg6cmi at msn.com
Sat Oct 8 21:55:29 MST 2011
On 10/08/2011 04:36 PM, keith smith wrote:
>
> The guy told me he was tired of "media" not working out of the box
> with Linux. So he uses MACs for his desktops because he likes a Unix
> machine that just works and has a Unix command line so he can manage
> his data center.
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sat, 10/8/11, Bender /<bender at bendertherobot.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Bender <bender at bendertherobot.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Steve Jobs has passed away
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 2:56 PM
>
> I don't follow the premise..
> His servers are Mac? or his desktop is mac?
> Been hearing the, "it just works" line prior to when I was forced
> to use a mac using System 7.something.
> Ok let's consider that. But in relation to having a Unix shell?
> How does that manifest itself in real world situations, mac fans?
> -OR- what horror stories can be told that were solved by using a
> mac? (apples to apples, pun intended...)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* keith smith </mc/compose?to=klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Tucson Free Unix Group </mc/compose?to=tfug at tfug.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:10 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Tfug] Steve Jobs has passed away
>
>
> I know a guy who owns a data center. He told me he uses the
> MAC because he wants everything to work out of the box and he
> wants the Unix shell so he can do his job.
>
> I think all of his servers are CentOS & RHEL
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sat, 10/8/11, erich /<erich1 at copper.net
> </mc/compose?to=erich1 at copper.net>>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: erich <erich1 at copper.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Steve Jobs has passed away
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 11:56 AM
>
> Yes,
> I remember going to TFUG meetings, and seeing some
> TFUG-ers
> showing off their iPhones, so there is no denying his
> influence as a marketing
> genius even over our crowd.
> You're talking to a guy who likes to build his own
> systems under Gentoo
> and build/configure kernels. I linux that's possible to
> do, but I can see how the
> average Apple customer would cringe at the thought of that.
>
>
>
> Erich
>
> Malcolm wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/07/2011 12:58 AM, Linux Media wrote:
> >> I seldom read anything in its entirety, but I read this
> whole article.
> >>
> >> I was originally hesitant to say anything about his
> death because I thought it would sound trite. But I feel
> something huge from the past and future is leaving us.
> It's hard to describe, but he was part of something that I
> understood and was part of our history. He represented
> something important and vital. It was cultural and
> personal. When I first saw the add "Think Differently", I
> knew something was going on.
> >>
> >> On 10/05/2011 05:43 PM, Dakza wrote:
> >>> http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/10/jobs/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Eric Gearhart
> <eric at nixwizard.net
> >>> <mailto:eric at nixwizard.net>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> See http://apple.com
> >>>
> >>> Wow, just wow. Whatever you think of Apple or its
> products (positive
> >>> or negative), you have to admit that Steve Jobs
> made a dent in the
> >>> universe.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Eric
> >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericgearhart
> >>
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If media did not work out of the box then he might have tried Mint.
Apple is the boutique of Computers. I think of them as the Picasso of
computers built buy a master. Linux is built by masters that put the
eyes in the same place as the rest of the world. Jobs Will be missed and
I have owned very few of his products. But I have always liked his style.
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