no, Microsoft is quite good at making a core (remember, NT comes from VMS -- if you strip off all the crap like SMB, DCOM, IE, etc it looks damn solid)...
they're also quite good at layering loads of shit on any core they get their hands on.
(For the odd time when you actually dial something not already in the phone, you'll just have to scroll around to get the numbers using the scroll wheel.)
so in other words, apple will reinvent the rotary phone.:P
you have the right to *attempt* to make it work on whatever you want...but apple is under no obligation to help you in any way at all...
as far as I can tell, apple probably sees OS X not as a commodity OS, but rather as one user-replaceable (and software) part of a Mac. they made a round peg (OS X) and a round hole (Mactel systems)...and as far as I can tell, you're whining that it wasn't designed to fit in your rectangular hole (x86 generic PC).
the way i see it is that OS X isn't a fucking OS like windows. it's nothing more than a user-replaceable part for Macs...and it just happens to be shared across the product line...and it also happens to be the only software part.
(yes, I know what an OS is, from a technical standpoint...and it is one there...but that's irrelevant...we're in the land of marketing now)
Well, to use the ol' car analogy, do you have a right to bitch and moan that Ford won't let you put their engines in Chevys? Both are cars, so by what you're claiming, Ford is obligated to make their engine compatible with Chevys...guess what, they're not.
Not letting you run OS X x86 on a generic PC is no different. Apple has made a software "engine" that has a certain shape and you're bitching that they've shaped it in a way that ensures it'll only fit on their computers.
If you really think about it, OS X is not an *OS* like Windows...rather, it is the one user-upgradeable part (and by chance the one software part) of an Apple Mac.
In my personal opinion, in both situations, you'd be more than welcome to hack the item up ***at your own damn risk*** but don't complain if / when something blows up in your face.
How do you come to the conclusion that the transaction isn't finished? Are you simply saying that the transaction isn't over until you're out of the return period?
remember...you really pay 15.3%, but you don't even see that other 7.65%...don't buy into that "your employer matches your 'contribution' to FICA" bullshit....you really pay all 15.3%.
with a home user (1 or a few people) windows box, there's usually no *need* to secure the box with different level user accounts...apps and the os can be reloaded, but if the user's data gets hosed, it's gone no matter who they were logged in as. (and data matters far more to the average user than anything else --- and they **more than likely** don't have backups).
with a *nix box, it's probably multi-user, meaning that application / system integrity is as important as any user's home directory. hence the need for limited accounts...to ensure no one can fuck up anything beyond their home directory.
yes. the government shouldn't have the right to seize your land. no one should. no one at all...no reason is justifiable, especially not building a wal-mart to increase local tax revenue.
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but why is it their business to tell me what's "offensive" and what's not?
i want uncensored copies...i don't care who or what thinks they're offensive.
Go back to Fark, mmmkay?
Here's a question: with GbE controllers becoming more common, why do Firewire 400 / 800, USB 1.0/1.1/2.0, SPDIF, Serial, and Parallel even exist?
TCP/IP over GbE on Cat5e would be faster in all cases, I would think.
Would someone please tell me what D-Link and Linksys products come with OpenSSH *by default*?
The best I've ever seen is that *some* can have a telnet server enabled by trickery.
no, Microsoft is quite good at making a core (remember, NT comes from VMS -- if you strip off all the crap like SMB, DCOM, IE, etc it looks damn solid)...
they're also quite good at layering loads of shit on any core they get their hands on.
so in other words, apple will reinvent the rotary phone. :P
www.apple.com/ipod/
www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip/
your very own low-power fm station...
you have the right to *attempt* to make it work on whatever you want...but apple is under no obligation to help you in any way at all...
as far as I can tell, apple probably sees OS X not as a commodity OS, but rather as one user-replaceable (and software) part of a Mac. they made a round peg (OS X) and a round hole (Mactel systems)...and as far as I can tell, you're whining that it wasn't designed to fit in your rectangular hole (x86 generic PC).
www.apple.com/iphoto/
don't force the rest of us to have to put up with a DB inside the kernel just because you want to organize your crap that way.
the way i see it is that OS X isn't a fucking OS like windows. it's nothing more than a user-replaceable part for Macs...and it just happens to be shared across the product line...and it also happens to be the only software part.
(yes, I know what an OS is, from a technical standpoint...and it is one there...but that's irrelevant...we're in the land of marketing now)
And there's not enough of your kind to make Apple care.
Well, to use the ol' car analogy, do you have a right to bitch and moan that Ford won't let you put their engines in Chevys? Both are cars, so by what you're claiming, Ford is obligated to make their engine compatible with Chevys...guess what, they're not.
Not letting you run OS X x86 on a generic PC is no different. Apple has made a software "engine" that has a certain shape and you're bitching that they've shaped it in a way that ensures it'll only fit on their computers.
If you really think about it, OS X is not an *OS* like Windows...rather, it is the one user-upgradeable part (and by chance the one software part) of an Apple Mac.
In my personal opinion, in both situations, you'd be more than welcome to hack the item up ***at your own damn risk*** but don't complain if / when something blows up in your face.
How do you come to the conclusion that the transaction isn't finished? Are you simply saying that the transaction isn't over until you're out of the return period?
maybe nvidia will buy them (thereby fixing up lingering IP issues) and be able to open-source their video drivers.
assimilation?
remember...you really pay 15.3%, but you don't even see that other 7.65%...don't buy into that "your employer matches your 'contribution' to FICA" bullshit....you really pay all 15.3%.
Wait...I thought toasters were the exclusive property of NetBSD.
with a home user (1 or a few people) windows box, there's usually no *need* to secure the box with different level user accounts...apps and the os can be reloaded, but if the user's data gets hosed, it's gone no matter who they were logged in as. (and data matters far more to the average user than anything else --- and they **more than likely** don't have backups).
with a *nix box, it's probably multi-user, meaning that application / system integrity is as important as any user's home directory. hence the need for limited accounts...to ensure no one can fuck up anything beyond their home directory.
I thought they wanted to do teleportation experiments.
ooh...push-based spyware?
i'm sorry, but the gubmint shouldn't have the right to seize property at all.
yes. the government shouldn't have the right to seize your land. no one should. no one at all...no reason is justifiable, especially not building a wal-mart to increase local tax revenue.
no, then you obtain a copy of vmware esx server and run them both at the same time.
IIRC, Wedge Antilles != Capt. Antilles of the Tantive IV...hell, I think one of the EU things even makes that clear.
www.bluegears.com -- the only DD Live on a PCI card...imported from Korea.