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No More Mac Tweaking?

Posted by michael on from the think-the-same dept.

netphilter writes "Apple is trying to "close the operating system to tweakers" according to this story on Wired. The addition of the BSD kernel and the command line left me thinking that they were trying to open the OS a bit more to tweakers, not close it. I'm not a Mac user, but I have been thinking about trying out OS X. However, if Apple is trying to CLOSE the OS (contrary to the impression that I had) then I'm not going to waste my time." Jamie adds: life may be harder for them, I guess, but many developers are still tweaking Mac OS X.

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  1. Re:Apples Target Market by EastCoastSurfer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's a tool, and you use it so you can get the real art done.

    So tell me. What exactly is real art?

  2. Re:Enough already by micq · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn, where are my mod points? Somebody toss this boy a cookie... :)

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  3. Re:Apples Target Market by eno2001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Titties!

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  4. Re:Apples Target Market by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Try next time, dumbutt. This isn't VB."

    Try 'dumb butt' next time, dumb butt.

  5. Re:Apples Target Market by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "This little flame war brought to you by a couple of DUMSHITS"

    I assume you mean the two guys trying to offend me. Heh.