Linus Torvalds:”Apple’s much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways worse than Windows Vista”

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Apple’s much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways worse than Windows Vista, says the founder of the Linux open source project, Linus Torvalds.

Torvalds was in Melbourne last week for the linux.conf.au conference and was invited to pass judgement on OS X versus Windows Vista in a wide-ranging interview.

“I don’t think they’re equally flawed – I think Leopard is a much better system,” he said. “(But) OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary.”

He poured scorn on the modern trend to treat a new version or update of an operating system as a cause for major celebration and marketing.

“An operating system should be completely invisible,” he said. “To Microsoft and Apple (it is) a way to control the whole environment … to force people to upgrade their applications and hardware.”

Read the rest of the article at Sydney Morning Herald

Picture from: http://www.linux-mag.com


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