O'Reilly Thinks Mac OS X May Be the 'Next Big Thing'

Posted by pudge on Thursday May 9, 2002 @11:30PM from the next-big-thing-in-a-nutshell dept.

Arkham writes "Tim O'Reilly gave a speech at WWDC called 'Watching the Alpha Geeks: Mac OS X and the next big thing', in which he suggested that Apple is doing the right things to be a big success. Specifically, Apple should continue to 1) adhere to standards, 2) keep things small and modular, and 3) document as you go -- man pages and RFCs. Anyone who has used Mac OS X can see that Apple is trying hard to be a good open-source citizen (for example, the new zero-config Rendezvous technology). The question is, at what point will these efforts pay off (more users, and thus more money)?" What is this "money" you speak of?

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What is this "money" you speak of... by Eagle7 · 2002-05-10 00:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I am just a simple Caveman... your money and technology frighten and confuse me. But there is one thing I can understand - user interfaces with built in Alpha blending are l33t.

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Re:Yeah, Bay Be! by djtack · 2002-05-10 04:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Pudge, those letters aren't even adjacent.

Obviously, he's using a dvorak keyboard, where they are adjacent.