Microsoft saw this as a threat (and opportunity to find a reliable HW partner as WP7 was driving the major manufactures away) and nipped it in the bud.
That's not what happened. When Elop came on board he discovered there 4 models with MeeGo planned all the way through 2014. Moreover the divisions had resolved issues in contradictory ways. MeeGo as a platform for converting Symbian and a modern OS were in conflict. Arguably the N9 was as good as it was, because once it was a terminal project the Symbian didn't care and didn't interfere.
Nokia approached Microsoft after Google turned them down on any kind of exclusive feature set.
Yes the bean counters can come in. But Apple's R&D has been exploding over the last 3 years. Investment is growing substantially faster than sales. Far from skimping Apple is allowing investment to damage the bottom line because they want to invest in the future.
It isn't obvious if multiple other people discovered it independently for example. And Apple's own experience is evidence. Might not be enough evidence but it is some. As Samsung was able to prove against Apple on some patents.
There are many problems that have obvious solutions no matter who does the research. Some solutions are inevitable. They aren't supposed to be patented.
Inevitable discovery is a defense, a way of overturning a patent. But people often overestimate what's inevitable. Many good ideas aren't discovered for generations even though all the pieces were in place.
You are absolutely right. Calculus leads to differential equations. Differential equations are used a lot in the natural sciences but not that much in computer or social sciences. More students would do far better would be a curriculum designed around statistics not differential equations.
Naive set theory should have been part of your middle school curriculum reinforced in college. Axiomatic set theory, if you need it, is always an elective.
I think the math articles are quite good on Wikipedia, often better than what used to be available in professional math encyclopedias that were still being sold through the 1990s. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a text book, it is expecting that you already have a high level of understanding and need reference material on the topic.
VMWare sells server products their desktop offerings are a marketing tool. Totally different financial model.
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There is no question the Wintel world offers greater diversity, it isn't even close. I can understand Linux people picking Mac since Mac often has good Linux support by virtue of fewer models with huge user bases. But for Windows it is and should be a niche choice. Apple mostly doesn't want to be your box maker. Not to say they object to people buying their hardware to install another OS, but they view themselves as selling you a software experience and cultural experience. They don't view themselves as just selling your a box of hardware.
OSX 10.9 supports the filesystem from the days of Apple UNIX. What data aren't they supporting?
A far as applications, i.e. binaries. they don't want applications holding people back. They are quite clear that they want the platform not playing to lowest common denominator and they have built a culture around that. They have the computing power, they have the technological prowess, they more or less even have the applications. Their moves towards obsoleting are quite deliberate. Assisted migration rather than backwards compatibility has been policy for over 15 years.
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All I'd want is a quad core with 16-32GB ram a SSD drive (~512GB) and a solid video card (doesn't need to be hardcore gamer level but being able to play a popular FPS game less than a year old would be nice). The Retina has that. It isn't underspeced. It is also way above 1080p.
But in any case if your primary interests are gaming and Visual Studio, with a desktop system, why would you expect Apple to be a good choice?
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They don't offer an inexpensive desktop product headless that is high power. And you are mentioning you are penny pinching which is not their target customer. If you want to configure up a higher end machine, they want you on the MacPro.
On the iMac, the old iMacs used to allow you to go up to 3TB but the general direction now is the fusion drive. I agree it should be a 3TB fusion.
There is a major OS upgrade for iOS coming out then too. http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/ Those iCloud features are probably important as well as other ties to the desktop.
The best multitasking operating systems have job control so that users can prioritize jobs. Unixes (including OSX) have had this for forever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix) Yes, job control is an upgrade.
Take a look at your ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ directory. iCloud is like DropBox everything is still local.
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I wanted lynx.
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Apple sees what Microsoft is going through with the XP transition. Why would they want that?
That being said... 25% of the userbase holding back from Lion / Mountain Lion is an interestingly high number.
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Is it too much to ask for them simply not to break anything and leave me with the halfway-decent UI to a powerful *nix that I am happily using?
Yes that is too much to ask. Apple has right now has their new target customers are people who buy iOS devices. While they are doing some stuff to retain traditional OSX users they are going to continue to shift towards iOS customers in the UI to help bring them over.
I was going to write the same thing about totally different architectures. I used 10.3 on my 12" G4 when it was brand new. It was terrific for that machine. But I wouldn't even try and run something as complex as Mountain Lion on that machine even if it were possible. 1.25g of RAM would be a serious problem for one thing.
It is a rather deep piece of software, I'd assume versions are always going to be OS version specific. Parallels is bundled with all sorts of stuff and their upgrades are cheap. Is it really worth bashing over this?
OLPC years ago published articles that the 3 core parts of the project:
1) A logistics of delivery of expensive items to the truly impoverished 2) A hardware platform designed to be inexpensive and usable by children in substandard working conditions 3) An open ecosystem of learning software
were in natural conflict. They hadn't realized it at the time but now the did and so they forked 1,2 and 3 into separate projects.
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In 2012 they cut weight and introduced an entirely new means of manufacturing. This year they are releasing an entire new GUI. How is that glacial?
That's not what happened. When Elop came on board he discovered there 4 models with MeeGo planned all the way through 2014. Moreover the divisions had resolved issues in contradictory ways. MeeGo as a platform for converting Symbian and a modern OS were in conflict. Arguably the N9 was as good as it was, because once it was a terminal project the Symbian didn't care and didn't interfere.
Nokia approached Microsoft after Google turned them down on any kind of exclusive feature set.
Yes the bean counters can come in. But Apple's R&D has been exploding over the last 3 years. Investment is growing substantially faster than sales. Far from skimping Apple is allowing investment to damage the bottom line because they want to invest in the future.
It isn't obvious if multiple other people discovered it independently for example. And Apple's own experience is evidence. Might not be enough evidence but it is some. As Samsung was able to prove against Apple on some patents.
Of course they are trolls. The definition of patent troll is clear cut:
a) Owns a patent
b) Didn't do the work personally
c) Doesn't make products using the patent.
Inevitable discovery is a defense, a way of overturning a patent. But people often overestimate what's inevitable. Many good ideas aren't discovered for generations even though all the pieces were in place.
You are absolutely right. Calculus leads to differential equations. Differential equations are used a lot in the natural sciences but not that much in computer or social sciences. More students would do far better would be a curriculum designed around statistics not differential equations.
Naive set theory should have been part of your middle school curriculum reinforced in college. Axiomatic set theory, if you need it, is always an elective.
I think the math articles are quite good on Wikipedia, often better than what used to be available in professional math encyclopedias that were still being sold through the 1990s. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a text book, it is expecting that you already have a high level of understanding and need reference material on the topic.
Link is designed to crash your browser. Don't click it.
VMWare sells server products their desktop offerings are a marketing tool. Totally different financial model.
There is no question the Wintel world offers greater diversity, it isn't even close. I can understand Linux people picking Mac since Mac often has good Linux support by virtue of fewer models with huge user bases. But for Windows it is and should be a niche choice. Apple mostly doesn't want to be your box maker. Not to say they object to people buying their hardware to install another OS, but they view themselves as selling you a software experience and cultural experience. They don't view themselves as just selling your a box of hardware.
OSX 10.9 supports the filesystem from the days of Apple UNIX. What data aren't they supporting?
A far as applications, i.e. binaries. they don't want applications holding people back. They are quite clear that they want the platform not playing to lowest common denominator and they have built a culture around that. They have the computing power, they have the technological prowess, they more or less even have the applications. Their moves towards obsoleting are quite deliberate. Assisted migration rather than backwards compatibility has been policy for over 15 years.
All I'd want is a quad core with 16-32GB ram a SSD drive (~512GB) and a solid video card (doesn't need to be hardcore gamer level but being able to play a popular FPS game less than a year old would be nice). The Retina has that. It isn't underspeced. It is also way above 1080p.
But in any case if your primary interests are gaming and Visual Studio, with a desktop system, why would you expect Apple to be a good choice?
They don't offer an inexpensive desktop product headless that is high power. And you are mentioning you are penny pinching which is not their target customer. If you want to configure up a higher end machine, they want you on the MacPro.
On the iMac, the old iMacs used to allow you to go up to 3TB but the general direction now is the fusion drive. I agree it should be a 3TB fusion.
There is a major OS upgrade for iOS coming out then too. http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/
Those iCloud features are probably important as well as other ties to the desktop.
The best multitasking operating systems have job control so that users can prioritize jobs. Unixes (including OSX) have had this for forever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix)
Yes, job control is an upgrade.
10.8 is faster. That upgrade is a no brainer. If the system is already a little pokey that's as high as I would go.
Take a look at your ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ directory. iCloud is like DropBox everything is still local.
I wanted lynx.
Apple sees what Microsoft is going through with the XP transition. Why would they want that?
That being said... 25% of the userbase holding back from Lion / Mountain Lion is an interestingly high number.
Yes that is too much to ask. Apple has right now has their new target customers are people who buy iOS devices. While they are doing some stuff to retain traditional OSX users they are going to continue to shift towards iOS customers in the UI to help bring them over.
I was going to write the same thing about totally different architectures. I used 10.3 on my 12" G4 when it was brand new. It was terrific for that machine. But I wouldn't even try and run something as complex as Mountain Lion on that machine even if it were possible. 1.25g of RAM would be a serious problem for one thing.
It is a rather deep piece of software, I'd assume versions are always going to be OS version specific. Parallels is bundled with all sorts of stuff and their upgrades are cheap. Is it really worth bashing over this?
OLPC years ago published articles that the 3 core parts of the project:
1) A logistics of delivery of expensive items to the truly impoverished
2) A hardware platform designed to be inexpensive and usable by children in substandard working conditions
3) An open ecosystem of learning software
were in natural conflict. They hadn't realized it at the time but now the did and so they forked 1,2 and 3 into separate projects.
http://www.digitalwpc.com/Videos/Pages/Videos.aspx#fbid=nYihT_VSrHL