The restrictions of the settlement were that Apple Computer, Inc. never become involved in the music industry.
When the "Sound Control Panel" came out, erm, in one of those releases, it violated the terms of this agreement. And thus, the system sound named "Sosumi" or, So-Sue-Me.
They were, and lost, but the damage had already been done, and now Apple Computer is probably one of the most influential computer companies when it comes to music, or the incorporation of music in our daily lives.
I can't tell you the number of times they've opened two windows, or started two copies of some application, because they double-clicked when they only had to click once. This is a problem that would not happen if two mouse buttons were used instead.
This is a problem that does not happen in Mac OS. You can't open the same application twice or the same window twice in the Mac OS (unless you have two copies of an application). The very fact that you can in Windows seems ludicrous, because what purpose does it serve besides confusing the user.
Maybe some of these mouse discussions should really focus more on the user interface design of an operating system.
I believe the only reason why Windows users are so adamant about their contextual menus is because a natural solution has been neglected.
On the Mac OS, the menu bar is always in the same place, no matter what application you're in. In Windows however, there's a menu bar for every single window, so whichever window you have selected is the menu bar that is in control.
The only global "menu bar" thats been implemented on Windows is the task bar at the bottom of the screen, which introduces other applications as commands (i.e. volume control, show desktop, etc.)
On the Mac, changing an application changes the menu bar, but you always have the Apple Menu, usually File and Edit with the often used Save, Copy, Paste, Quit, etc., the Help Menu, and on the far right, the Application Menu, which lets you choose which application you want to use, and which will also have "control" of the menu bar, always at the top of the screen.
Not to be overly anal... but since when do you use third party companies to WHOIS a domain?
INTERNIC.COM is another money grubbing "domain registration service" with nothing to do with the even more money grubbing NetSol who runs INTERNIC.NET.
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By the way, that quote was Darth Vader.
The restrictions of the settlement were that Apple Computer, Inc. never become involved in the music industry.
When the "Sound Control Panel" came out, erm, in one of those releases, it violated the terms of this agreement. And thus, the system sound named "Sosumi" or, So-Sue-Me.
They were, and lost, but the damage had already been done, and now Apple Computer is probably one of the most influential computer companies when it comes to music, or the incorporation of music in our daily lives.
-Adam
Apple has had their DVD-R drives co-produced with Pioneer for over 6 months.
They're a build to order option, and media is approximately $20/DVD.
Just to let someone know that HP wasn't first this time either.
Adam
I can't tell you the number of times they've opened two windows, or started two copies of some application, because they double-clicked when they only had to click once. This is a problem that would not happen if two mouse buttons were used instead.
This is a problem that does not happen in Mac OS. You can't open the same application twice or the same window twice in the Mac OS (unless you have two copies of an application). The very fact that you can in Windows seems ludicrous, because what purpose does it serve besides confusing the user.
Maybe some of these mouse discussions should really focus more on the user interface design of an operating system.
Adam
I believe the only reason why Windows users are so adamant about their contextual menus is because a natural solution has been neglected.
On the Mac OS, the menu bar is always in the same place, no matter what application you're in. In Windows however, there's a menu bar for every single window, so whichever window you have selected is the menu bar that is in control.
The only global "menu bar" thats been implemented on Windows is the task bar at the bottom of the screen, which introduces other applications as commands (i.e. volume control, show desktop, etc.)
On the Mac, changing an application changes the menu bar, but you always have the Apple Menu, usually File and Edit with the often used Save, Copy, Paste, Quit, etc., the Help Menu, and on the far right, the Application Menu, which lets you choose which application you want to use, and which will also have "control" of the menu bar, always at the top of the screen.
Adam
If this Microsoft SQL Server is anything like the TerraServer it had on the web for satellite imaging maps.. Oracle gets to keep its million.
yacko
Not to be overly anal... but since when do you use third party companies to WHOIS a domain?
INTERNIC.COM is another money grubbing "domain registration service" with nothing to do with the even more money grubbing NetSol who runs INTERNIC.NET.
-Adam