Great message Kaufmann! Nailed it right on the head.
I have too complained often on Slashdot regarding the lack of credibility of Ryan Meader. However, it appears the editors of Slashdot have not gotten the message, at least until now. I can understand getting scammed by a potato powered Linux server once but not by Ryan Meader four times. I am always amazed by the 'credibility' placed on MacOSRumors. I guess its like P.T. Barnum said, "A sucker born every minute!".
Ryan Meader's reporting can be best described as FUD and harmful to consumers of Apple products. His unfounded rumor mongering has negatively affected the sales of Apple products. My main Macintosh vendor rep once complained to me regarding lost PowerBook G3 (Lombard) sales because of persistent rumors of a new model (Pismo) appearing in the short term. Those (completely unfounded) rumors were fostered by MacOSRumors. His information turned out to be false (a shocker!).
I buy six figure amounts of computer hardware a year for myself and company -- mainly Mac. Because of Mr. Ryan's reporting, I passed along that fact to the main sponsor, Club Mac, explaining that the cost of advertising on MacOSRumors is much more than the rates charged by Mr. Meader. They were losing access to a budget I control and probably more than just mine. However, I noticed that Ryan Meader has just 'signed up' PayPal as a new sponsor. I guess this, more than anything, is signaling the end of MacOSRumors. Rest in pieces!
P.S. If you visit MacOSRumors now, you will find that all traces of the 'G4 Cube' story and the 'Take down the story' e-mail from the lawyer at Apple named 'Sue' have been erased. I wonder if Apple has any legal recourse for the fake e-mail. It would be wonderful to see the Apple lawyers (the real kind) go after a worthwhile target for a change!
You are correct, Sir! MachTen was one of the first versions of Unix I ran on the Mac. It might be the first Unix port for the Mac outside of Apple's AIX project. But today there are several ports of Unix running on Mac. I am even running BSD on a 1989 Mac SE/30 that has net access via an Ethernet Card. It runs daily, lets see a 286 do that!
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Great message Kaufmann! Nailed it right on the head.
I have too complained often on Slashdot regarding the lack of credibility of Ryan Meader. However, it appears the editors of Slashdot have not gotten the message, at least until now. I can understand getting scammed by a potato powered Linux server once but not by Ryan Meader four times. I am always amazed by the 'credibility' placed on MacOSRumors. I guess its like P.T. Barnum said, "A sucker born every minute!".
Ryan Meader's reporting can be best described as FUD and harmful to consumers of Apple products. His unfounded rumor mongering has negatively affected the sales of Apple products. My main Macintosh vendor rep once complained to me regarding lost PowerBook G3 (Lombard) sales because of persistent rumors of a new model (Pismo) appearing in the short term. Those (completely unfounded) rumors were fostered by MacOSRumors. His information turned out to be false (a shocker!).
I buy six figure amounts of computer hardware a year for myself and company -- mainly Mac. Because of Mr. Ryan's reporting, I passed along that fact to the main sponsor, Club Mac, explaining that the cost of advertising on MacOSRumors is much more than the rates charged by Mr. Meader. They were losing access to a budget I control and probably more than just mine. However, I noticed that Ryan Meader has just 'signed up' PayPal as a new sponsor. I guess this, more than anything, is signaling the end of MacOSRumors. Rest in pieces!
P.S. If you visit MacOSRumors now, you will find that all traces of the 'G4 Cube' story and the 'Take down the story' e-mail from the lawyer at Apple named 'Sue' have been erased. I wonder if Apple has any legal recourse for the fake e-mail. It would be wonderful to see the Apple lawyers (the real kind) go after a worthwhile target for a change!
Work directly with my $99 Wacom Graphire USB Tablet...
You are correct, Sir! MachTen was one of the first versions of Unix I ran on the Mac. It might be the first Unix port for the Mac outside of Apple's AIX project. But today there are several ports of Unix running on Mac. I am even running BSD on a 1989 Mac SE/30 that has net access via an Ethernet Card. It runs daily, lets see a 286 do that!