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Apple's Bonjour Available for Windows
inblosam writes "Apple's Bonjour ('also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks') is now available for Windows! A Bonjour icon shows up in Internet Explorer to enable Bonjour browsing, along with the Bonjour Printer Wizard. Developers can download the Bonjour SDK. The benefits would appear to be for Apple customers (more Bonjouring with more networks) and to gain Apple switchers by enticing Windows customers."
Explain to me again, what's the difference between Bonjour and Rendezvous?
The americans will rename this to Freedom Discoverer anyway.
What happens in the evenings?!
And what about Linux?
Or is it just assumed "Zero configuration" and "linux" are inherently incompatible concepts
Sure: Bonjour works. Any more questions?
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Au revoir?
Bonjour has invoked an illegal operation and will be shutdown. Windows needs to be rebooted.
Au revoir!
Yes.... but will it allow me to play Microsoft Freecell with others over Bonjour?
By encouriging everybody here to buy RAM manufacturers shares, you just have to pay a lot more for those now... ORRRR... you are very clever and bought these shares before posting ;-)
It's spelled "Rendezvous".
No. It used to be spelled "Rendezvous". Now it's spelled "Bonjour".
Yes, perhaps "Au Revoir for UPnP" would have been a better name for this release.
I've run into a few bugs with Bonjour:
I keep getting IM coupons for French Roast Coffee.
When I play German music on iTunes, all the Bonjour connections surrender and vanish.
QuickTime unexpectedly opens a connection and begins playing Jerry Lewis films.
iTunes insists that I listen to European Jazz Internet Radio at least once a day.
And Bonjour works best only in trendy art café hot-spots while the end user smokes clove cigarettes.
I'm sure Apple will correct these issues when they update OS X 'Tiger'
to
OS X 'La petite femme'.
Obviously, they want you to use IE.
... let me rethink this one.
That way, when your machine gets bogged down by using all of its disk space for IE cache, all its bandwidth to send malware spam, and all its processor power on "security" features, you'll be forced to upgrade to Linux.
Oh, wait
Raise your children as if you were teaching them to raise your grandchildren, because you are.
men ?
We are talking about Apple.. and qui plus est, Apple's Bonjour..
What do you mean men ?
After the meal, over a delightful little bottle of 1992 Pinot Grigiot, he leaned over and said to me in a conspiratorial tone, "Hermann, for that is your true name, why do you insist on stalking me, you pompous delusional fuckwit? We're not having lunch; rather you have just prostrated yourself on the ground in front of me in an attempt to slather on my boots. As an intern in accounts receivable, you have no more right to use the royal "we" than a cockroach. Begone filth".
Jobs has a way of being tangential, elusive, not saying what he really means. I recall, back when we founded Apple in my garage in 1976, etc etc ...
Or, he's working on the assumption that people have learned from the iPod release that Slashdot is 100% wrong at predicting technology trends, and he is hoping to pick up some RAM share cheaply after the small dip resulting from his comment. I think my brain hurts.
Maybe he has just bought some pharma stocks and wants to drive up aspirin sales...
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
Say that the computer is turned off, but plugged and ready to boot.
Say that you're dead, as most of the people who have ever lived are.
Then what's the point
But it's pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove".
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[..]and to gain Apple switchers by enticing Windows customers."
I too am an Apple switcher. I power down every Mac I come across.
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