More importantly, what excuse are iPhone fanboys going to use in a couple of months, when this fails to reverse the trend of Apple's sliding share of the smartphone market?
First excuse I saw today was "Oh, everyone's going to be waiting for iPhone 5", but I'm sure the fanboys here can do better.
OK, I'm tired of people acting like Android isn't locked down to the end user as much as the iPhone is.
It's not an act.
My Android phone allows me to install any application software I like, from any source, without having to jailbreak it or engage in any kind of hackery. The iPhone does not. Same goes for every T-Mobile Android phone. The only locked down Android phone is one of AT&T's.
Read more about the early history of the Mac. Jobs intended it to be a closed box with no expansion slots for third party expansions, much more closed than the Apple II. The Mac II and other expandable Macs only came after Jobs was dethroned.
I'm a Mac user. I have been for 20+ years. I have two Macs, an AppleTV, and four iPods in the house. So I'm not religiously opposed to Apple, far from it.
But I am utterly opposed to a future where the hardware vendor is allowed to decide what software is allowed to run on computers. That's why I want to see iOS fail. I want to see it drop to single digit market share and be abandoned by developers. I want it to fail so badly that nobody ever tries the same thing again. Same for Windows 7 Phone.
...Though if Steve Jobs added a jailbreak checkbox in the preferences and opened up the platform, I'd probably buy in immediately. Though frankly at this point Android is blatantly outstripping iOS in capability, so Apple's window of opportunity to open the platform and get more buy-in is closing quickly.
The Mac could only allow code signed by Apple, and still work perfectly well with iOS devices.
Deprecated means "going to be phased out and won't work in a future release," not "you can't distribute it via our app store."
Which is exactly the point. Like many Mac users, I worry that the Mac store will become the only source of allowed Mac applications for non-pro Macs, with a token OS X Pro kept around at $500 for graphic arts pros and others who absolutely need to run software from anywhere, and a locked OS X for everyone else. I hope I'm wrong, though, as I just bought a new Mac...
The problem is, you are *fundamentally misunderstanding* Apple's products. The iPad is *meant* to be an appliance. The iPod is *meant* to be an appliance. The AppleTV is *meant* to be an appliance. The MacBook and iMac and Mac Mini and Mac Pro lines are *meant* to be general-purpose computers.
And as far as "java code being deprecated", that's bullshit and you know it. They decided they weren't going to continue supporting Java bindings for their UI frameworks because *almost nobody* was using them.
Java is alive and well on the Mac if you want to use it
Except that you are prohibited from distributing Java applications via the Mac App Store. That's what I mean by deprecated.
The idea is that they might decide that unsigned code is deprecated on consumer machines, the way they decided Java code was deprecated and Carbon was deprecated.
Whether there were good reasons for the decisions or not, they were all examples of Apple changing its mind--saying one thing would be the case, then suddenly turning around and doing something else. Just because you agreed with them doesn't mean Apple won't change its mind on something you (or I) disagree with.
Considering Apple has explicitly stated that they have zero plans to force people to use the app store, perhaps the better question would be why you consider it even remotely likely that they will?
Apple also said:
...they had zero plans for a native SDK for the iPhone, and that people should develop web apps
...that Java was a first-class programming environment for OS X, with full Cocoa support via Cocoa-Java
"2012" is worse than "The Core"? I'll be impressed if that's true. Strangely enough, it's the current disc I have out from Netflix.
It's a bit like when I learned that "Battlefield Earth" had lower ratings than "Xanadu"--I found it so hard to believe that I really had to watch it to see for myself. (For the record, I think "Xanadu" is much worse, because it makes me cringe with embarrassment for everyone in it.)
Is there a good tutorial on setting up DNSSEC for your network? I've got DNS caching on my home network, and would be interested in getting DNSSEC verification of DNS results set up if it's not too painful.
If thats the case then either you never learnt it properly in the first place or the language is so hopelessly over complicated that it really needs to just go away and die peacefully.
It seemed pretty clear to me that Perl 6 was going to be a case of the latter, which is why I personally jumped ship to Ruby.
If your mail server supports IPv6, the mail will go sender's client to sender's MTA to your MTA, all via IPv6, with full headers.
So the problem only affects recipients who are slow getting their mail servers IPv6 enabled, who force senders to reroute their mail through an IPv6 to IPv4 gateway.
So seems to me it's a good reason to hurry up and get your servers on IPv6.
They've just consistently refused to use the system's codecs because it'd lead to a different experience depending on what OS the user is running and what he has installed
a) Most users want a different experience on the Mac to (say) the experience on Linux or Windows.
b) Firefox is already a different experience on different platforms, even down to look and feel.
Basically, I think their arguments for not supporting h.264 are rationalizations.
The problem is, it's not one-time cost. Iridium satellites only last 7-9 years. So you're spending $44 million a year just on satellite launches, and the number of customers who actually need satellite phone service is pretty small.
I have both Swype and a physical keyboard on my phone (MyTouch 3G Slide aka Espresso).
Physical keyboard is faster than Swype, and a lot less frustrating.
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Careful, it didn't end so well for L. Ron Hubbard.
More importantly, what excuse are iPhone fanboys going to use in a couple of months, when this fails to reverse the trend of Apple's sliding share of the smartphone market? First excuse I saw today was "Oh, everyone's going to be waiting for iPhone 5", but I'm sure the fanboys here can do better.
OK, I'm tired of people acting like Android isn't locked down to the end user as much as the iPhone is.
It's not an act. My Android phone allows me to install any application software I like, from any source, without having to jailbreak it or engage in any kind of hackery. The iPhone does not. Same goes for every T-Mobile Android phone. The only locked down Android phone is one of AT&T's.
Read more about the early history of the Mac. Jobs intended it to be a closed box with no expansion slots for third party expansions, much more closed than the Apple II. The Mac II and other expandable Macs only came after Jobs was dethroned.
Does it really matter?
Yes, it does matter.
I'm a Mac user. I have been for 20+ years. I have two Macs, an AppleTV, and four iPods in the house. So I'm not religiously opposed to Apple, far from it.
But I am utterly opposed to a future where the hardware vendor is allowed to decide what software is allowed to run on computers. That's why I want to see iOS fail. I want to see it drop to single digit market share and be abandoned by developers. I want it to fail so badly that nobody ever tries the same thing again. Same for Windows 7 Phone.
...Though if Steve Jobs added a jailbreak checkbox in the preferences and opened up the platform, I'd probably buy in immediately. Though frankly at this point Android is blatantly outstripping iOS in capability, so Apple's window of opportunity to open the platform and get more buy-in is closing quickly.
Which is exactly the point. Like many Mac users, I worry that the Mac store will become the only source of allowed Mac applications for non-pro Macs, with a token OS X Pro kept around at $500 for graphic arts pros and others who absolutely need to run software from anywhere, and a locked OS X for everyone else. I hope I'm wrong, though, as I just bought a new Mac...
The problem is, you are *fundamentally misunderstanding* Apple's products. The iPad is *meant* to be an appliance. The iPod is *meant* to be an appliance. The AppleTV is *meant* to be an appliance. The MacBook and iMac and Mac Mini and Mac Pro lines are *meant* to be general-purpose computers.
You need to study Apple history. Steve Jobs always meant the Macintosh to be an appliance. It's the word he used right from its introduction.
And as far as "java code being deprecated", that's bullshit and you know it. They decided they weren't going to continue supporting Java bindings for their UI frameworks because *almost nobody* was using them.
Java is alive and well on the Mac if you want to use it
Except that you are prohibited from distributing Java applications via the Mac App Store. That's what I mean by deprecated.
The idea is that they might decide that unsigned code is deprecated on consumer machines, the way they decided Java code was deprecated and Carbon was deprecated.
Whether there were good reasons for the decisions or not, they were all examples of Apple changing its mind--saying one thing would be the case, then suddenly turning around and doing something else. Just because you agreed with them doesn't mean Apple won't change its mind on something you (or I) disagree with.
The Inverted World, Christopher Priest, 1974.
Considering Apple has explicitly stated that they have zero plans to force people to use the app store, perhaps the better question would be why you consider it even remotely likely that they will?
Apple also said:
and so on.
It doesn't seem as if Apple is interested in making this the only place to get Mac Apps
Yet.
Speaking as a former Googler, the smart people spin is somewhat overrated.
And you say that as an unbiased observer with no axe to grind, right? :-)
"2012" is worse than "The Core"? I'll be impressed if that's true. Strangely enough, it's the current disc I have out from Netflix. It's a bit like when I learned that "Battlefield Earth" had lower ratings than "Xanadu"--I found it so hard to believe that I really had to watch it to see for myself. (For the record, I think "Xanadu" is much worse, because it makes me cringe with embarrassment for everyone in it.)
I'm guessing you own all the arcade games you would be running in MAME then?
As well as legal ROM purchase options in the past I've paid for the ROMs on my Arcade's Greatest Hits DVDs for PS2, and so on.
Indeed. I have no interest in piracy, but I'd love MAME and ScummVM for PS3.
Is there a good tutorial on setting up DNSSEC for your network? I've got DNS caching on my home network, and would be interested in getting DNSSEC verification of DNS results set up if it's not too painful.
If thats the case then either you never learnt it properly in the first place or the language is so hopelessly over complicated that it really needs to just go away and die peacefully.
It seemed pretty clear to me that Perl 6 was going to be a case of the latter, which is why I personally jumped ship to Ruby.
If your mail server supports IPv6, the mail will go sender's client to sender's MTA to your MTA, all via IPv6, with full headers. So the problem only affects recipients who are slow getting their mail servers IPv6 enabled, who force senders to reroute their mail through an IPv6 to IPv4 gateway. So seems to me it's a good reason to hurry up and get your servers on IPv6.
They've just consistently refused to use the system's codecs because it'd lead to a different experience depending on what OS the user is running and what he has installed
a) Most users want a different experience on the Mac to (say) the experience on Linux or Windows. b) Firefox is already a different experience on different platforms, even down to look and feel. Basically, I think their arguments for not supporting h.264 are rationalizations.
Just post on Gizmodo pointing out what a troll Joel Johnson is. Your account will be permanently disabled in minutes.
The problem is, it's not one-time cost. Iridium satellites only last 7-9 years. So you're spending $44 million a year just on satellite launches, and the number of customers who actually need satellite phone service is pretty small.
I have both Swype and a physical keyboard on my phone (MyTouch 3G Slide aka Espresso). Physical keyboard is faster than Swype, and a lot less frustrating.
The MyTouch 3G Slide / Espresso keyboard is excellent. Better than my BlackBerry was.
Note that Amazon's Kindle DRM has also been cracked.