Apple doesn't care how profitable something could be on Windows and Linux.
They're not trying to have the enormous grasp of three platforms. They are perfectly content to maintain their loyal following, and hopefully steal mindshare and eventually market share from the other two. They don't give a good god damn about whether a windows user would like it, because frankly, they don't want to have software on Windows beyond what is absolutely necessary (read: quicktime).
As a newly appointed Mac user, I couldn't be happier with that strategy.
Besides, how could it be profitable if they give it away for free?
Yeah, but how would it sound if they said "All PC users know what the BSOD is. Unless they run Linux. Or BSD. Or Minix. Or BeOS. Or OS/2. Or QNX. Or PC-DOS. Or etc..."
Give me a break. When Linux has 90% share, they'll say "All PC users know what a kernel panic is..."
Actually, anybody trying to build a rocket that uses a propulsion mechanism already knows Newtonian mechanics. Following are the three laws of Newtonian mechanics.
1. All objects have inertia; that is, an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by some outside force. What, like rocket fuel?
2. An object's acceleration is in the same direction as the force exerted on it. The force exerted on that object is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration. What? Like peroxide molecules shooting from the ass end of a rocket, pushing on the rocket itself? And then, gravity pulling it back to Earth??
3. For every action there MUST be an equal and opposite reaction. Well, amateur rocket scientists are a little less concerned with this one, as the Earth probably isn't going to budge much for him. Although, as above, the peroxide pushing against the rocket is the critical part.
If anything, this guys needs to learn more advanced physics. Newtonian mechanics are inherently encapsulated in the idea of a rocket. Be nice.
Sweet jesus. Simmer down. So I didn't read the post carefully. This is slashdot. If there's one place I can shoot my stupid mouth off, it should be here.;)
Were you abused as a child? Sweet fancy moses, are you bitter.
Anyway, we discuss code, not super secret plans for world domination. We're not talking project meetings here, just stuff like "Hey, do you know a good resource for ADSI interfaces?" or "Don't go to slashdot, they don't want to contribute their ideas, they want to trash yours."
Instant messengers have significant legitimate uses.
For instance, in my organization, we use instant messaging to communicate about projects without leaving our workspaces, which can lead to further distractions and reduce productivity.
Blocking all instant messaging would, in my mind, be akin to blocking all email. What really ought to take place is a formal policy about non-work use of IM. In my experience, reducing communication ability is never a good thing.
Those OSS projects are to video editing what the GiMP is to Photoshop. I think you'd better keep looking.
Don't get me wrong, I like GiMP, but I don't think you'd want to use something with it's level of polish for professional projects, which is the segment Apple is after.
At any rate, I'm talking about taking subscribers in a well-to-do neighborhood. If we have to spend 100, 200, or even 500 dollars a month to register our disgust with the company, we will.
I've not seen T1 access for as low as $300, but I have seen it in the $800 - $1000 range.
And if my bandwidth gets capped, I'll get my cable modem using neighbors to go in on a T1 with me. No big deal.
Piss on the cable companies if they want to cap my downloads. That's why I'm paying twice the dial-up rate. They're within their rights to raise prices, but I'm well within mine when I go out of my way to avoid them.
I can see it now: "Earthlink 56K, up to twice as fast as your cable modem! Upgrade today!"
Unless you mean table of contents, I guess two vendors would have two different manuals, which would theoretically double the Table Of Contents you have to deal with. And don't even get me started on indices...;)
In other words, 1000 ways they could have written the code better the first time.
Damn straight.
In my day, we wrote programs to include everything we would ever need. Before we needed it.
Why, I even finished a program before I started it and it wasn't buggy.
And the code conformed to standards, before the standards were written. And I say programmers are sissies these days. I don't care what "Intel" or "IBM" says, I'm using the instruction set I had 25 years ago, nothing more, nothing less. Vector processing, I spit in your face. ptoo!
Matter/radiation/particles/etc. (traveling as fast as it can on it's best day) -----------> (EARTH)
Light (The stuff we can see.) -----------> (EARTH)
We would see it after it happened at the stars location, but we would see it as it happens from our relative point of view. Physical manifestation of the event would not arrive before we saw the thing. So if it already happened, we are not screwed until we actually see it happen. Then we all die.
Perhaps I was foolish to use we to refer to Earth, rather than people. But, it's not like the star would just start spitting matter our way if it already happened, we would see symptoms of a supernova first, before damaging effects would hit us, as it doesn't start getting dangerous until later in its life cycle.
And that's what I'm talking about. It's not like it will wipe us out and then an alien lands on the planet looks out and says "Hey there's a supernova forming 150 light years away!"
Yeah, but we would see it as it happens, as the radiation/matter that would bombard can't possibly travel faster than light.
Really, it would take 150 light years to reach us regardless. We would see as it made progress towards us.
If you know about graphic converter, you'd know it's significantly less hobbled than photoshop elements.
Of course, I use Photoshop daily for a living, so I may be a bit more sensitive to the loss of functionality in Elements, but in my opinion, Graphic Converter is much better than Elements.
I've been using a, erm, beta copy for a while, and it's been excellent. I've been waiting for the official version to come out so I could ante up my $45,000,000 dollars. Seriously though, it seems rock solid, and the feature set has grown, albeit modestly.
I particularly like the "healing" tool. It works much better than the cludgy old cloning tool, as the healing tool takes shadows, tone and the whole 9 into consideration when cloning bits. It's quite a tool, and my favorite addition since the magnetic lasso.
Did I mention it's stable? I hated (HATED!) running ps6 in classic mode on OS X. Now, I really don't have any OS 9 apps left now that PS7 has left the gate.
In my opinion, if you own a previous version the low upgrade cost is well worth it at $149. If you don't, pay the $609 and get on the train. Or better yet, get the web collection and get Livemotion, Illustrator and Photoshop for $999.
C'mon, I know that I have to reboot windows every couple of days to get rid of libraries that errant programs didn't unload and windows doesn't seem to let go of.
Also, what if computers weren't *allowed* to reboot. You couldn't run a dual boot system. Which is something I suspect Microsoft would like. (I had to throw in a groundless msoft conspiracy...;)
I can just imagine it: A company whose products are great (not just passable or good), well integrated, works against Microsoft, and has embraced (not extended) the open source ideal.
The dramatist in me would love to see it, if only for the epic struggle between two modern giants. But the pragmatist sees trading one monopoly for another, even if the new monopoly does have better products and some form of open-source.
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Who the hell does that? I don't even know how one would go about doing that without creating a new space-visible body of water in one's bathroom.
Cat poop, maybe. But the litter itself? That's just a bad idea.
Apple doesn't care how profitable something could be on Windows and Linux.
They're not trying to have the enormous grasp of three platforms. They are perfectly content to maintain their loyal following, and hopefully steal mindshare and eventually market share from the other two. They don't give a good god damn about whether a windows user would like it, because frankly, they don't want to have software on Windows beyond what is absolutely necessary (read: quicktime).
As a newly appointed Mac user, I couldn't be happier with that strategy.
Besides, how could it be profitable if they give it away for free?
Yeah, but how would it sound if they said "All PC users know what the BSOD is. Unless they run Linux. Or BSD. Or Minix. Or BeOS. Or OS/2. Or QNX. Or PC-DOS. Or etc..."
Give me a break. When Linux has 90% share, they'll say "All PC users know what a kernel panic is..."
Actually, anybody trying to build a rocket that uses a propulsion mechanism already knows Newtonian mechanics. Following are the three laws of Newtonian mechanics.
1. All objects have inertia; that is, an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by some outside force.
What, like rocket fuel?
2. An object's acceleration is in the same direction as the force exerted on it. The force exerted on that object is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration.
What? Like peroxide molecules shooting from the ass end of a rocket, pushing on the rocket itself? And then, gravity pulling it back to Earth??
3. For every action there MUST be an equal and opposite reaction.
Well, amateur rocket scientists are a little less concerned with this one, as the Earth probably isn't going to budge much for him. Although, as above, the peroxide pushing against the rocket is the critical part.
If anything, this guys needs to learn more advanced physics. Newtonian mechanics are inherently encapsulated in the idea of a rocket. Be nice.
Sweet jesus. Simmer down. So I didn't read the post carefully. This is slashdot. If there's one place I can shoot my stupid mouth off, it should be here. ;)
Not to feed trolls, but...
...it only cost 2-3X as much as a normal PC
I don't think so, bub. Unless you count on-board video, win-modems and substandards mobo's "normal PC s". $699 PC's indeed.
The top of the line G4 with a 17" studio display is: $4,548.00
A comparable Dell with a 17" flat panel (not even as good as the studio display) is: $4,921.00
6 T1s for 6 servers? Just what the hell are you doing with those servers anyway?
Were you abused as a child? Sweet fancy moses, are you bitter.
Anyway, we discuss code, not super secret plans for world domination. We're not talking project meetings here, just stuff like "Hey, do you know a good resource for ADSI interfaces?" or "Don't go to slashdot, they don't want to contribute their ideas, they want to trash yours."
Instant messengers have significant legitimate uses.
For instance, in my organization, we use instant messaging to communicate about projects without leaving our workspaces, which can lead to further distractions and reduce productivity.
Blocking all instant messaging would, in my mind, be akin to blocking all email. What really ought to take place is a formal policy about non-work use of IM. In my experience, reducing communication ability is never a good thing.
Mark this down as "Flamebait" if you want but:
Those OSS projects are to video editing what the GiMP is to Photoshop. I think you'd better keep looking.
Don't get me wrong, I like GiMP, but I don't think you'd want to use something with it's level of polish for professional projects, which is the segment Apple is after.
At any rate, I'm talking about taking subscribers in a well-to-do neighborhood. If we have to spend 100, 200, or even 500 dollars a month to register our disgust with the company, we will.
I've not seen T1 access for as low as $300, but I have seen it in the $800 - $1000 range.
And if my bandwidth gets capped, I'll get my cable modem using neighbors to go in on a T1 with me. No big deal.
Piss on the cable companies if they want to cap my downloads. That's why I'm paying twice the dial-up rate. They're within their rights to raise prices, but I'm well within mine when I go out of my way to avoid them.
I can see it now:
"Earthlink 56K, up to twice as fast as your cable modem! Upgrade today!"
TOC? Like a table of contents?
;)
I think you mean TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
Unless you mean table of contents, I guess two vendors would have two different manuals, which would theoretically double the Table Of Contents you have to deal with. And don't even get me started on indices...
In other words, 1000 ways they could have written the code better the first time.
Damn straight.
In my day, we wrote programs to include everything we would ever need. Before we needed it.
Why, I even finished a program before I started it and it wasn't buggy.
And the code conformed to standards, before the standards were written. And I say programmers are sissies these days. I don't care what "Intel" or "IBM" says, I'm using the instruction set I had 25 years ago, nothing more, nothing less. Vector processing, I spit in your face. ptoo!
Like this.
Matter/radiation/particles/etc. (traveling as fast as it can on it's best day)
-----------> (EARTH)
Light (The stuff we can see.)
-----------> (EARTH)
We would see it after it happened at the stars location, but we would see it as it happens from our relative point of view. Physical manifestation of the event would not arrive before we saw the thing. So if it already happened, we are not screwed until we actually see it happen. Then we all die.
Perhaps I was foolish to use we to refer to Earth, rather than people. But, it's not like the star would just start spitting matter our way if it already happened, we would see symptoms of a supernova first, before damaging effects would hit us, as it doesn't start getting dangerous until later in its life cycle.
And that's what I'm talking about. It's not like it will wipe us out and then an alien lands on the planet looks out and says "Hey there's a supernova forming 150 light years away!"
Yeah, but we would see it as it happens, as the radiation/matter that would bombard can't possibly travel faster than light.
Really, it would take 150 light years to reach us regardless. We would see as it made progress towards us.
Hey! I can buy this to win the X-prize and still have $4 million left over when I win! Woohoo!
*Ahem*
That's Durex. Get out much?
>Maniac Mansion, Full Throttle, or Day of the Tentacle Well if you can name three other games like it, it still wouldn't be that innovative, would it?
...right on my ass.
If you know about graphic converter, you'd know it's significantly less hobbled than photoshop elements.
Of course, I use Photoshop daily for a living, so I may be a bit more sensitive to the loss of functionality in Elements, but in my opinion, Graphic Converter is much better than Elements.
I've been using a, erm, beta copy for a while, and it's been excellent. I've been waiting for the official version to come out so I could ante up my $45,000,000 dollars. Seriously though, it seems rock solid, and the feature set has grown, albeit modestly.
I particularly like the "healing" tool. It works much better than the cludgy old cloning tool, as the healing tool takes shadows, tone and the whole 9 into consideration when cloning bits. It's quite a tool, and my favorite addition since the magnetic lasso.
Did I mention it's stable? I hated (HATED!) running ps6 in classic mode on OS X. Now, I really don't have any OS 9 apps left now that PS7 has left the gate.
In my opinion, if you own a previous version the low upgrade cost is well worth it at $149. If you don't, pay the $609 and get on the train. Or better yet, get the web collection and get Livemotion, Illustrator and Photoshop for $999.
C'mon, I know that I have to reboot windows every couple of days to get rid of libraries that errant programs didn't unload and windows doesn't seem to let go of.
;)
Also, what if computers weren't *allowed* to reboot. You couldn't run a dual boot system. Which is something I suspect Microsoft would like. (I had to throw in a groundless msoft conspiracy...
*drool*
I can just imagine it: A company whose products are great (not just passable or good), well integrated, works against Microsoft, and has embraced (not extended) the open source ideal.
The dramatist in me would love to see it, if only for the epic struggle between two modern giants. But the pragmatist sees trading one monopoly for another, even if the new monopoly does have better products and some form of open-source.
Read the article? Feh, I'm a slashdot reader!