"In short: non-network-related command line apps work great," he added. "UNIX/Linux GUI apps are buggy if you can get them to work at all. (Mac OS X's GUI does not like giving up control). The reason for network related apps being buggy is that Mac OS X does not use the standard UNIX networking structure (inetd or Network Daemon). Instead, Mac OS X has replaced these services with NetInfo (from NeXT), which UNIX apps don't understand."
Interestingly, many of the standard UNIX tools are there (inetd and friends), but they serve no purpose other than sucking up CPU cycles, Aas said. Interacting with them doesn't override NetInfo, so they're effectively useless, he added.
Well, the source of authority, lthis Josh Aas guy, is not very authoritative on the subject, judging his remarks. This whole article is dubious at best.
He says UNIX/Linux GUI apps don't run well because "Mac OS X's GUI does not like giving up control" Although earlier stating that OS X didnt have support for X11R6 libs.
And what command line app uses Inet superserver anyway? And what do they mean by saying the provided Inetd is useless as it cant override NetInfo? Is NetInfo is so inane as to bind to every non-ephemeral port? And if so, does that mean I can't write normal socket programs for MacOSX, but rather use some API that utilizes NetInfo? I mean, in the second article, the guy said he had to use some patches for compiling Apache.
I think this guy should practice better journalism and that MacWorld should definently practice better editorialism.
Clearly you are educated. After all, how many CS students can say they have written their own Mach based BSD kernel (at 16). But the corporate world puts a pretty strong emphasis on formal education. And it isn't just the suits either. Heck, you no doubt have seen the education bigots on Slashdot talk about how someone who is self taught could "never really grasp CS."
I can totally relate with what you're saying.
I sometimes get the impression that these education bigots think that immediately after creating the earth, sky, Adam, and Eve, that God created a professor in every field of knowledge.
It's as if they forget that Einstein was doing his work as a hobby, after the education system at the time had failed to spot his talent.
Gasoline combustion engines only utilize 30% of the energy of gasoline. So what's the point to your post? We have infinite amount of water (as the exhaust of a hydrogen burn is water) but very finite amount of fossil oil which is pollusive and toxic.
Iceland is currently underway of becoming the world's first hydrogen community. A fertilizer company has been making hydrogen since the 1950's and now the government has made a contract with Daimler-Benz that they make hydrogen powered busses for public transport. So other car manufacturers are working towards incorporating hydrogen powered engines. Also there's some talk of converting the fishing troller fleet to use hydrogen power. As oil is quite expensive here, cause of transport (we, f.eg. pay the same for the liter here as americans pay for the gallon) And a oil distributor (believe it or not) has jumped on the bandwagon, and is going to provide these hydrogen powered vehicles with hydrogen in their gasstations, and are also selling small electric generators (12v, one amper) that use hydrogen. Everything is in fact in order.. Except for storage of hydrogen, which I hear is somewhat problematic.
Iceland is the perfect place for this, as we have very clean ways of producing electricity in our hydroelectric powerplants. In relation to that, many government agencies have incorporated electric cars.
Its a futuristic society:-)
Anyway, I'm no authority in this field, I just repeat what I've read in newspapers/website. I have a couple of links but they're all in icelandic, but I do have one interresting picture:
http://www.islandia.is/vetni/Myndir/pem_fuelcell .G IF
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"In short: non-network-related command line apps work great," he added. "UNIX/Linux GUI apps are buggy if you can get them to work at all. (Mac OS X's GUI does not like giving up control). The reason for network related apps being buggy is that Mac OS X does not use the standard UNIX networking structure (inetd or Network Daemon). Instead, Mac OS X has replaced these services with NetInfo (from NeXT), which UNIX apps don't understand."
Interestingly, many of the standard UNIX tools are there (inetd and friends), but they serve no purpose other than sucking up CPU cycles, Aas said. Interacting with them doesn't override NetInfo, so they're effectively useless, he added.
Well, the source of authority, lthis Josh Aas guy, is not very authoritative on the subject, judging his remarks. This whole article is dubious at best.
He says UNIX/Linux GUI apps don't run well because "Mac OS X's GUI does not like giving up control" Although earlier stating that OS X didnt have support for X11R6 libs.
And what command line app uses Inet superserver anyway? And what do they mean by saying the provided Inetd is useless as it cant override NetInfo? Is NetInfo is so inane as to bind to every non-ephemeral port? And if so, does that mean I can't write normal socket programs for MacOSX, but rather use some API that utilizes NetInfo? I mean, in the second article, the guy said he had to use some patches for compiling Apache.
I think this guy should practice better journalism and that MacWorld should definently practice better editorialism.
Clearly you are educated. After all, how many CS students can say they have written their own Mach based BSD kernel (at 16). But the corporate world puts a pretty strong emphasis on formal education. And it isn't just the suits either. Heck, you no doubt have seen the education bigots on Slashdot talk about how someone who is self taught could "never really grasp CS."
I can totally relate with what you're saying.
I sometimes get the impression that these education bigots think that immediately after creating the earth, sky, Adam, and Eve, that God created a professor in every field of knowledge.
It's as if they forget that Einstein was doing his work as a hobby, after the education system at the time had failed to spot his talent.
Gasoline combustion engines only utilize 30% of the energy of gasoline. So what's the point to your post? We have infinite amount of water (as the exhaust of a hydrogen burn is water) but very finite amount of fossil oil which is pollusive and toxic.
Iceland is currently underway of becoming the world's first hydrogen community. A fertilizer company has been making hydrogen since the 1950's and now the government has made a contract with Daimler-Benz that they make hydrogen powered busses for public transport. So other car manufacturers are working towards incorporating hydrogen powered engines. Also there's some talk of converting the fishing troller fleet to use hydrogen power. As oil is quite expensive here, cause of transport (we, f.eg. pay the same for the liter here as americans pay for the gallon) And a oil distributor (believe it or not) has jumped on the bandwagon, and is going to provide these hydrogen powered vehicles with hydrogen in their gasstations, and are also selling small electric generators (12v, one amper) that use hydrogen. Everything is in fact in order.. Except for storage of hydrogen, which I hear is somewhat problematic.
:-)
l .G IF
Iceland is the perfect place for this, as we have very clean ways of producing electricity in our hydroelectric powerplants. In relation to that, many government agencies have incorporated electric cars.
Its a futuristic society
Anyway, I'm no authority in this field, I just repeat what I've read in newspapers/website. I have a couple of links but they're all in icelandic, but I do have one interresting picture:
http://www.islandia.is/vetni/Myndir/pem_fuelcel