Thread: "Linux can compete with the iPad on price, but where’s the magic? "
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2010-01-29 , 22:11
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#19
Originally Posted by saahleh View Post
isn't the magic of linux that you don't see the magic?

like vim or mutt. it's ugly but much faster than gui programs. The magic of apple are the looks. the magic of linux should be primary the usability.
I can get vim and mutt on OS X, which is why I have a Macbook. Every Mac comes with an xterm and bash. All the power and usability with the magic on top. The power of Linux is that its -open- so you can go FULL MAGIC! or no magic at all.

And quite frankly, the world likes FULL MAGIC! so they can blithely ignore the underlying bits and do what they want to do. The problem is Apple seems to be carrying forward with FULL MAGIC! and being totally closed at the same time, least on the mobile front. Considering the eyes they're winning among the non-techie crowd (and even the techie crowd) that's quite dangerous.

So if the Linux Foundation wants to push efforts to give more MAGIC options to Linux distros such that they can actually compete, then we can only benefit.
 

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