Wow, the most proprietary company in the computer/consumer electronics business suffers from groupthink. Who woulda thunk it? Grouse all you want about the Wintel PC but IBM made it open from the get-go.
There are certainly bugs in Mac OS X (there are bugs in everything) and yes, it would be great if Apple could focus more on Mac OS X -- but this article's "proofs" are just bullshit. Honestly, the writing seems like a baseless rant.
> OS X Finder — damages the system, can’t copy files reliably, can’t do useful things it ought to do at all, hides key files, rife with bugs.
Other than "hides key files" this is simply not true, nor does the article actually provide any evidence for these claims (despite being labelled a "proof").
> File system — continued use of HFS Plus instead of robust ZFS
This has been analyzed at great length but basically ZFS is not an ideal choice for most users (storage pooling is a complicated concept). Even if pooled storage were an option in OS X, it would not be a good default option.
Also, Sun/Oracle denied a license for Mac OS X so the point is somewhat moot. You can actually download the implementation that Apple wrote here:
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 56.4 ms ] thread- Microsoft's recent desktop offerings aren't any better, and Linux is still not a viable option for the common user.
- Most people are doing less with the OS than ever before. Chrome/Safari and/or the iPad are an ever growing percentage of what Apple users see
> OS X Finder — damages the system, can’t copy files reliably, can’t do useful things it ought to do at all, hides key files, rife with bugs.
Other than "hides key files" this is simply not true, nor does the article actually provide any evidence for these claims (despite being labelled a "proof").
> File system — continued use of HFS Plus instead of robust ZFS
This has been analyzed at great length but basically ZFS is not an ideal choice for most users (storage pooling is a complicated concept). Even if pooled storage were an option in OS X, it would not be a good default option.
Also, Sun/Oracle denied a license for Mac OS X so the point is somewhat moot. You can actually download the implementation that Apple wrote here:
http://code.google.com/p/maczfs/
but Apple are not allowed to bundle it as part of OS X.