Torvalds pans Apple with ‘utter crap’ putdown

Reading an article in the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ Linus Torvalds speaks at the linux.conf.au conference about Mac OSX versus Windows Vista. He is quoted “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 goes on to discuss that woes with new proprietary operating systems being bloated and taking control over how the system is being used, rather than being transparent.

I definitely have felt that way with my experiences using Vista. I haven’t honestly used Mac OSX intensely enough to speak about a comparison, although I have many closes friends and collegues that us OSX. Their general consensus is that yes it can be bloated in some areas, but that is usually due to the applications and how they are utilizing the resources of the system. I personally like OSX because it’s a beautiful blend of a powerful stable core kernel, with a magnificently designed interface that’s functional as well as sexy and gorgeous.

There is no denying that if you “go Mac” that you will end up drinking the kool aid from Steve Jobs’ hands simply because convenience generally outweighs quality. This isn’t to say that Apple doesn’t make quality products, it just means that you are trapped into the Apple world of software, online market place, and portable devices that they developed and manufactured by them.

All in all, it’s nice to see that the open source operating system distributions and applications have matured enough to a point where they are being considered for server / mobile computing over Windows or Mac, and that GNU/Linux developers can be a bit sassy / arrogant now because let’s be honest… Linux is a freakin’ beast.

p.s.  I still think Mac is sexy as hell though. Mac is the high priced call girl you bring to the 20th high school reunion. Linux is who you marry