Smarty Pants

For Christ’s sake Mark, there are MySQL packages available for OS X, along with DarwinPorts and Fink (since you seem to be so fond of package managers). Nobody who uses Linux should be taking a smug attitude towards Mac OS X when it comes to installation. Sure, MySQL (and hundreds of other useful apps) are available in the apt repositories. But there are many applications that are not.

For example, try to get Parallels running on Linux (last time I checked, it wasn’t in the Ubuntu repository). Not a fun installation. On the Mac? A few clicks and you’re done.

99% of the software available for the Mac is either a 2-3 click installation, or a drag and drop. For those who like to get their hands dirty with command line, there’s source too.

That doesn’t make Mac OS X an “archaic OS”. It makes it flexible.

Category: Opinion