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Apple's Bonjour Available for Windows

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the redmond-rendezvous dept.

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."

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  1. first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    suckas!

  2. Frist!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    muhahahahahahhaahhahaha!!!!!

    1. Re:Frist!!!!!!! by Xarius · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      erm, it's spelled "fist" and I congratulate you on being able to get a whole one up your arse in one go... However /. isn't the place for it.

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    2. Re:Frist!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Man,

      A chick I know from years ago stopped by last night. There has always been all this sexual tension but it finally just peaked and I ended up screwing her. It sucks. I love my GF but my nuts got the better of me.

      I'm sorry babe, I hope you never find out. I love you.

      They say confessions the first step towards redemption but I don't feel any better.

    3. Re:Frist!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That's because you didn't nut in her eye.

    4. Re:Frist!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      My son,
      You would feel much better if logged in and made a true confession.

  3. Is this a first? by gusilu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this the first time Apple releases software that works on Windows? If it is, it seems like they are doing the smart thing in order to gain switchers. Now the question is wether we'll eventually see Mac OS X for x86...........

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  4. Re:Xgrid on Windows?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope you are referring to the darkside of the moon.

  5. The Switch Marketing Myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Okay, yes, there are people who do switch to Macs from PCs. But they're not doing so in numbers that match the number of people dropping the Mac.

    Assuming a 7-year lifespan for a Mac, the peak year of Macintoshes in service was at the end of 2000 (based on calendar year sales, not Apple fiscal year sales, which are a quarter off). Assuming a 5-year lifespan, the peak year of Mac use was 1997. Assuming a 3-year lifespan, the peak year was 1996.

    All those dates, one may note, were years before the Switch ads started airing in 2002. The ads, when compared to the sales figures and when analyzed by marketing "trend setter" philosophy, are a pretty transparent attempt to sell Macs as trendy and Windows PCs as passe. An ad strategy ehich didn't work -- Mac calendar year sales have yet to get back to their 1999-2000 3.8 million/year mini-peak, much less their '94-'96 all-time peak.

    But, hey, they did manage to convince some Kool-Aid drinkers that Macs were actually gaining popularity, instead of facing a long-term decline in installed base . . .

  6. Re:Nice MacOS X advert... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How the hell is the single-word comment "cool" insightful?

  7. Re:Bonjour? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    D-E-V-O!