Well, I AM a programmer (specifically a web developer). And I can tell you that if a website does not format correctly in Firefox, it's because the WEBSITE is broken, NOT because Firefox is broken. And, yes, I'm sick of broken sh*t (like IE-only websites) being released to consumers.
I agree that the complexity of the Mac OS will increase with the release of OS X. However, the complexity of administering OS X will not be as great as adminstering a purely UNIX system, such as Darwin.
What I believe Apple is trying to do is take the Mac OS's great interface and put a front-end on the administering aspects of OS X. This is evident in the front-end application they released with OS X Server to configure Apache. Thus, companies, who imac.usr said might "balk", would instead be encouraged to use OS X because they would be able to get great benefits, such as Apache and modern OS goodies, without having to train their system admins to the level that current UNIX admins need to be trained.
Of course, this assumes that these companies would think this through and see the benefits; rather than just having a knee-jerk reaction to the "new complexity" of Mac OS. Considering the wave a few years ago of removing Macs from corporate networks, I'm not so sure that companies really do think things through. The underlying truth that companies need to understand is this: mixed OS networks are a necessity to business because no one OS can satisfy the requirements of an entire company of any significant size.
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Well, I AM a programmer (specifically a web developer). And I can tell you that if a website does not format correctly in Firefox, it's because the WEBSITE is broken, NOT because Firefox is broken. And, yes, I'm sick of broken sh*t (like IE-only websites) being released to consumers.
I agree that the complexity of the Mac OS will increase with the release of OS X. However, the complexity of administering OS X will not be as great as adminstering a purely UNIX system, such as Darwin.
What I believe Apple is trying to do is take the Mac OS's great interface and put a front-end on the administering aspects of OS X. This is evident in the front-end application they released with OS X Server to configure Apache. Thus, companies, who imac.usr said might "balk", would instead be encouraged to use OS X because they would be able to get great benefits, such as Apache and modern OS goodies, without having to train their system admins to the level that current UNIX admins need to be trained.
Of course, this assumes that these companies would think this through and see the benefits; rather than just having a knee-jerk reaction to the "new complexity" of Mac OS. Considering the wave a few years ago of removing Macs from corporate networks, I'm not so sure that companies really do think things through. The underlying truth that companies need to understand is this: mixed OS networks are a necessity to business because no one OS can satisfy the requirements of an entire company of any significant size.