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Jamie Zawinski Switches to Mac OS X

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-worry-jamie-we-won't-post-it dept.

iskander writes "After a disappointing experience with sound, Jamie Zawinski has finally given up on desktop Linux and switched to Mac OS X. The future of apps like xscreensaver and Gronk is now ``highly ambiguous''. He has already ditched a free/open platform before, but he seems a lot angrier this time. Indeed, twisted by the Dark Side of the Source, young Zawinski has become."

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  1. Who the hell is Jamie Zawinski by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    and why should i care what OS he is running ?

    maybe i should submit a story about what OS my neighbour runs, or perhaps his brother and wife

    1. Re:Who the hell is Jamie Zawinski by PsychicX · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to the link on his name, he's a contributor to XEmacs and Moz.

      An XEmacs contributor switches to a more useful system. I love the irony.

    2. Re:Who the hell is Jamie Zawinski by matt+me · · Score: 5, Funny

      Zawikski's just this guy, you know?

    3. Re:Who the hell is Jamie Zawinski by isny · · Score: 4, Funny

      From free software to selling beer? What happened to the 'free beer' step?

    4. Re:Who the hell is Jamie Zawinski by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Funny

      And if he releases the formula he uses under the GPL, is that free as in speech or beer?

  2. From TFA by byolinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Slashdot: please don't post about this. Screw you guys.

    D'oh!

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    1. Re:From TFA by RonnyJ · · Score: 3, Funny

      See, reverse-psychology does work!

    2. Re:From TFA by Rahga · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nah, it's just more proof that even /. editors don't read the articles.

      And people wonder why there are so many reposts....

    3. Re:From TFA by BigGerman · · Score: 3, Funny

      no reverse-psychology never works. I am telling you never.

    4. Re:From TFA by bahamat · · Score: 3, Funny
      Even better:
      from the don't-worry-jamie-we-won't-post-it dept.
  3. What is this article doing on Slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So someone is switching to OS-X? So what?? And this made the frontpage news? May I ask why? Is it happening so rarely that when one person makes the switch to OS-X it is a front page news?

  4. Congratulations, Jamie. by croddy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You got your LiveJournal linked on the front page of Slashdot. Now get your butt upstairs, Mom needs help with the dishes!

  5. The reason he switched.. by wfberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. it DIDN'T go "beep beep beep".

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  6. Obnoxious screensaver by art6217 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Perhaps it is because the Mac OS X screensaver does not have the obnoxious features like:

    1. Short timeout for writing passwords, what may make it difficult for some people to unlock the screen at all.

    2. Stupid, delaying messages after entering the wrong password, as if the security delay by the authorization system was not enough.

    3. Ugly, ugly, *ugly* logo.

    4. Small, non-antialiased fonts in the password dialog, as if the screen space was so scarce when all other windows are hidden anyway.

    ;)

  7. From the blog of George W Bush by p3d0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have decided I'm going to go ahead and invade Cyria.

    Dear CNN: please don't report this. Screw you guys.

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  8. That's it, I'm switching too! by bgfay · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had it with these complicated operating systems. I've never gotten my printer to work correctly on Linux, my Mac is just a total pain in the ass and slug, and I spend hours upon hours trying to do the easiest things on Windows.

    The hell with all of you. I just installed DOS on my box and all is well.

    Slashdot, please don't post this. You guys are jerks and I'm going to tell my mommy about you.

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  9. Torvalds next OS X user? by yerdaddie · · Score: 3, Funny

    With Linus using a Powermac for his development, you can't help but wonder if he secretly uses OS X now and then ... you know to run Photoshop and stuff. Now that jwz and all the cool kids are making the switch, it could only be a matter of time...

    1. Re:Torvalds next OS X user? by zr-rifle · · Score: 4, Funny

      So who is this Linus guy and why should i care what OS he is running ?

      maybe i should submit a story about what OS my neighbour runs, or perhaps his brother and wife

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  10. Re:Sounds familiar by kubrick · · Score: 4, Funny

    and then watch American Idol until my brain falls out

    Sounds like a precondition, not a postcondition.

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  11. Years from now, people will ask each other... by whatthef*ck · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... do you remember where you were when you first heard the news?

    They'll nod solemnly, and in reverent tones, tell with precise detail where they were when they learned that Jamie Zawinski had switched to OS X.

  12. Re:new flash... by chrish · · Score: 4, Funny

    The best part is how the Linux community is banding together to investigate why someone (anyone; I know a lot of Linux folks moving to Mac OS X) would dump their OS in favour of a BSD variant. And how they're totally not burning bridges to lure folks back!

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