Many thanks to all the people who replied both on and off the list.<br><br>I think I'll stay with Linux because I'm too old to have a digital life -- only software and data in my world.<br><br>(shame -- the Mac is so cool...)
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alec Clews</b> <<a href="mailto:alecclews@gmail.com">alecclews@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I know this is not a Perl question so my apologies. However I figure there might be knowledge and opinions on the list.<br><br>I have a serious case of Mac lust and I'm thinking of sinking some money into a Power Book (but not yet, there are rumours of new machines in June)
<br><br>The questions I have is as follows:<br><br>* What can OS/X offer that Linux can't<br><br>* What is the downside of migrating to OS/X?<br><br>* Is OS/X as good as Linux for running and developing OSS software?
Some of the things that I particularly interested in are: GNU Cash
(possible to install I believe but not a supported platform); Apache,
Perl and all that goes with it (i.e. CPAN), MYSql (I believe there is
a port supported by the vendor), svk.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Alec Clews <<a href="mailto:alecclews@gmail.com">alecclews@gmail.com</a>> Melbourne, Australia.<br>Jabber: <a href="mailto:alecclews@jabber.org.au">alecclews@jabber.org.au
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