barney_rebel Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://gizmodo.com/what-if-operating-systems-were-religions-1493789094 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 For a second there I thought this was a cracked article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Anything Apple related would be a cult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I have Android. Does this mean I'm a part of the Church Of Latter Day Saints? :o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Does cursing Windows to hell count? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai1993 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 For some people, they are. Just look at Stallman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 If operating systems were religions, then Reb wouldn't be able to use a computer...unless it was the Global Warming Operating System. Then he would be a LAN Admin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 For some people, they are. Just look at Stallman. Stallman is just a nut. If anything, he's the perfect example of how NOT to make an operating system your entire existence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefeltner11 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 It sure is easier to try and convert someone to your operating system than to try and talk to them about Jesus or Allah or Jehovah or whoever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I thought OSes were religions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 For some people, they are. Just look at Stallman. Do I have to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 It sure is easier to try and convert someone to your operating system than to try and talk to them about Jesus or Allah or Jehovah or whoever.I'm not certain of that. I can't recall a PC lover who has changed to love Mac OS, but I do know people who've changed religions. I can definitively state that people who fell or fall in love with z/OS (or it's predecessors, or z/VM - the true master OS) do not typically find the PC, UNIX/LINUX flavours or Mac palatable. PC/mid-range constructs are quite quaint by comparison. The finest PC operating system was the now defunct (and extremely poorly marketed by IBM) OS/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefeltner11 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 It sure is easier to try and convert someone to your operating system than to try and talk to them about Jesus or Allah or Jehovah or whoever.I'm not certain of that. I can't recall a PC lover who has changed to love Mac OS, but I do know people who've changed religions. I can definitively state that people who fell or fall in love with z/OS (or it's predecessors, or z/VM - the true master OS) do not typically find the PC, UNIX/LINUX flavours or Mac palatable. PC/mid-range constructs are quite quaint by comparison. The finest PC operating system was the now defunct (and extremely poorly marketed by IBM) OS/2.Really? That's the exact opposite of how it is around me. And my point wasn't how easily people would be converted, yet how easily the converter will bring up his / her belief. I get considerably more friends convincing me to switch to Mac than Jehovah's Witnesses at my door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 It sure is easier to try and convert someone to your operating system than to try and talk to them about Jesus or Allah or Jehovah or whoever.I'm not certain of that. I can't recall a PC lover who has changed to love Mac OS, but I do know people who've changed religions. I can definitively state that people who fell or fall in love with z/OS (or it's predecessors, or z/VM - the true master OS) do not typically find the PC, UNIX/LINUX flavours or Mac palatable. PC/mid-range constructs are quite quaint by comparison. The finest PC operating system was the now defunct (and extremely poorly marketed by IBM) OS/2.Really? That's the exact opposite of how it is around me. And my point wasn't how easily people would be converted, yet how easily the converter will bring up his / her belief. I get considerably more friends convincing me to switch to Mac than Jehovah's Witnesses at my door.It is probably the crowd I spend time with...mostly, IT types. Except for graphic artists, everyone I know is PC/Unix/Linux flavoured and couldn't be made to change (and the artists want nothing to do with a PC either). To your point, both PC and Mac users tend to be quite dogmatic in their OS view and love to bring up the strengths of their OS as a compelling reason to change. The dogma pushes back the other way, too, as to why they can't change. Of course, the truth is to use which ever tool accomplishes the job and beyond that it is personal preference. Each OS has its place and each has its strength. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBob Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 It sure is easier to try and convert someone to your operating system than to try and talk to them about Jesus or Allah or Jehovah or whoever. For me, moving from Windows to Linux had the same feeling relief, happiness, exciement, fear, grief and joy as when I went from being a Chatholic to Atheist.Though I do think that the Linux/Protestant reformation analogy in the article to be pretty acccurate. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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