Actually, I ran an interest area of mine: waka (it's a form of short verse). Teoma offered me several waka hits, along with a nicely organized grouping of "Japanese Poetry." Helpful, that. The links were of very high quality.
Pretty clearly, Microsoft is attempting to forever entrench its OS into the business world by creating a closed-source solution to a problem of its own creation.
So M$ assures us they'll deploy Palladium on the Palm platform. It's hardly a desktop OS. We'll see Palladium offered to Linux distros only after Bill Gates is reported alpine skiing in hell.
So where is beared ole Karl Marx when you need him? If information workers no longer control the tools of their own production, they'll become the New Serfs of the New Economy.
Information workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but Palladium.;-)
That's a helpful article. Debian looks a little trckier to setup on Mac than some of the other distros, but the effect is the same: solid, attractive Mac hardware, and almost any flavor of Linux you care to name.
No need to buy the Powerbook, if it's too painful for the pocketbook. The G3 iBooks are plenty peppy with Linux, and it's now available with a (sorta) 14" screen.
If you setup to dual boot OS X, you may find you like it.
So screw IBM. Linux runs nicely on an iBook. They're cheaper than Thinkpads, and damn near indestructable. Or pony up some more bux for a Powerbook.
You could, of course, simply defect to OS X--but I assume you want to stay with a standard Linux distro. Mandrake, Yellow Dog, and Gentoo all run on PPC. I'm sure there are others.
I'll start by saying I'll surely buy at least two Wal-Mart Microtel bozes. I'm delighted to see Linux-compatible hardware at fire-sale prices, and having Mandrake pre-installed will be a convenience.
I'm not sure the Lindows option is good for Linux, even if it offers a Linux distro to the masses. Claiming, as they did until yesterday, that Lindows runs "most" MS apps is going to lead to disappointment the first time Soccer Mom tries to load some cheap-ass Windows software for her kids. It may not run--and when it doesn't, will she blame MS or even Wal-Mart? No, she'll blame Linux. She'll tell everyone Linux doesn't work, and never come back to the platform.
Better, I think, to sell Linux as Linux. Put a friendly desktop on it, don't represent that it may or may not run MS, bundle great free software, and sell it price-point against MS.
I hope Wally Mart has the smarts to sell some shrink-wrapped Linux software. My local Sam's used to do so. I suppose it will all come down to whether or not we actually see Linux boxes on retail shelves.
For what it's worth, our local Sam's has someone dedicated to computer sales. He's reasonably well informed, and would be quite capable of assisting customers in navigating the choice which suddenly confronts them. I don't know if they have computer sellers at Wal-Mart.
Congrats on the upcoming 1.0. I've been with you guys since 0.93 or so. Am also using Netscape 7PR1 (as my default on OS X, in fact). These are great browsers, full-featured and stable. No need to use IE anymore, and I enjoy using the same browser across all my platforms. Thanks for all the long nights and great code.
Those backward Muslims. How low can they go, right?
I've not seen the fatwa, but I suppose by "worst kind" of theft, they mean theft for the sake of desire, not necessity. It's one thing to steal a loaf of bread because your kids are hungry, and another to download the latest Eminem because you just don't want to pay for it.
> that religious Islamic fanatics are perhaps *more* moderate than the BSA.
These aren't fanatics. Fanaticism implies excessive enthusiasm or uncritical devotion. These are just religious leaders examining an ethical issue facing their community.
Now, if they advocate hunting down and killing non-Muslims who swap files, that might be a tad fanatic...
Fare thee well, OS 9. You didn't suck, compared to Win 9.x. But OS X rocks hard, pokey as it is. And it will get better as it goes.
Pity apple won't see its way clear to support the older ATI cards with 10.2's hardware acceleration. My older iBook runs 10.1 passably well, but it's clearly out of its water.
Here's what I'm going to do, and maybe some of you fellow Maccies might follow suit: I'm going to quit bitching about what Apple will or will not support. I assume Jobs is making the decisions he feels he must to keep the company profitable.
I'm gonna buy a set of Mandrake PPC disks and put Linux on my iBook. I'm betting it will fly. Besides, I'm smitten by Evolution. I have it on my work box, and miss it at home. Gnome and Linux on the iBook. Cool.
Then I'm going to buy a new iMac. It'll run 10.2 just great. I'll probably partition the drive for a side-by-side Mandrake install, too.
That's my plan. I'm gonna move forward with OS X, and run Linux on the older Apple hardware. Rock on with your pants on.
Evolution is part of the bag-of-tricks we use to maintain our little Linux user's group in an all-MS shop. It does most everything Outlook does, without all the nasty crashing and security bugs. And it costs our shareholders NOTHING.
VMware or VNC to a Windows box for the proprietary apps we can't do without; Evolution as our mail app/PIM (syncs well with our PDAs); Opera to browse our corporate sites (it lies about being IE: very nice); Mozilla for everything else. Some of us use WM, others KDE or Ximian Gnome. Life is good.We're getting by.
You know, I'd love to hate Office X. Bit I don't: it's beautiful, useable, and runs without complaint. Entourage is perhaps the best mail client on any platform. Word X is spectacular, and does damn near everything. Pity it's MS product. And a pity it's so infernally expensive.
I was wondering the same thing. Why NOT use a nice, stable OS like Mac OS X for audio--especially when there will be a ton of elegant software and a user culture to support it?
A local high-volume production studio was slowly migrating from Mac (OS 9) to Windoze. They changed their minds once OS X came out. Stability saves time, and big files transfer smoothly. I bet Mac does fine in audio apps.
The primary motivation in switiching to email is financial: after the investment in hardware and training, email is cheaper than USPS, and much cheaper than overnight service.
The folks I work for (a big media company) started moving us away from snail mail late last year. Almost everything internal is paperless now.
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Nah, it's funny. I'd mod you to a 5, but...
Actually, I ran an interest area of mine: waka (it's a form of short verse). Teoma offered me several waka hits, along with a nicely organized grouping of "Japanese Poetry." Helpful, that. The links were of very high quality.
Here's a fun test.
Go to Google and search the phrase "Teoma Sucks." Count the hits.
Now, go to Teoma and enter the same phrase. Count the hits. Who wins?
If your search results were the same as mine, you'll be amused at the #1 site returned by Teoma.
Enjoy.
...did Martha Stewart sell her stock in time?
...after 20 years, a lifeless entity coasting through the cold vacuum of space suddenly sputters to life.
There's hope for my marriage, after all.
I've translated a few of these jargonites:
*create a common, best of breed* It'll have a cool box.
*giving developers a global infrastructure* We'll have a cool website.
*Supportable business quality product* It'll have a cool box.
*innovations* It'll have a cool box.
*facilitating a global distribution* We'll have a cool website.
*quality and consistency of the brand* It'll have a cool box.
Pretty clearly, Microsoft is attempting to forever entrench its OS into the business world by creating a closed-source solution to a problem of its own creation.
;-)
So M$ assures us they'll deploy Palladium on the Palm platform. It's hardly a desktop OS. We'll see Palladium offered to Linux distros only after Bill Gates is reported alpine skiing in hell.
So where is beared ole Karl Marx when you need him? If information workers no longer control the tools of their own production, they'll become the New Serfs of the New Economy.
Information workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but Palladium.
That's a helpful article. Debian looks a little trckier to setup on Mac than some of the other distros, but the effect is the same: solid, attractive Mac hardware, and almost any flavor of Linux you care to name.
No need to buy the Powerbook, if it's too painful for the pocketbook. The G3 iBooks are plenty peppy with Linux, and it's now available with a (sorta) 14" screen.
If you setup to dual boot OS X, you may find you like it.
So screw IBM. Linux runs nicely on an iBook. They're cheaper than Thinkpads, and damn near indestructable. Or pony up some more bux for a Powerbook.
You could, of course, simply defect to OS X--but I assume you want to stay with a standard Linux distro. Mandrake, Yellow Dog, and Gentoo all run on PPC. I'm sure there are others.
I'll start by saying I'll surely buy at least two Wal-Mart Microtel bozes. I'm delighted to see Linux-compatible hardware at fire-sale prices, and having Mandrake pre-installed will be a convenience.
I'm not sure the Lindows option is good for Linux, even if it offers a Linux distro to the masses. Claiming, as they did until yesterday, that Lindows runs "most" MS apps is going to lead to disappointment the first time Soccer Mom tries to load some cheap-ass Windows software for her kids. It may not run--and when it doesn't, will she blame MS or even Wal-Mart? No, she'll blame Linux. She'll tell everyone Linux doesn't work, and never come back to the platform.
Better, I think, to sell Linux as Linux. Put a friendly desktop on it, don't represent that it may or may not run MS, bundle great free software, and sell it price-point against MS.
I hope Wally Mart has the smarts to sell some shrink-wrapped Linux software. My local Sam's used to do so. I suppose it will all come down to whether or not we actually see Linux boxes on retail shelves.
For what it's worth, our local Sam's has someone dedicated to computer sales. He's reasonably well informed, and would be quite capable of assisting customers in navigating the choice which suddenly confronts them. I don't know if they have computer sellers at Wal-Mart.
Before you know it, the bastards will quit stocking phonograph needles.
Congrats on the upcoming 1.0. I've been with you guys since 0.93 or so. Am also using Netscape 7PR1 (as my default on OS X, in fact). These are great browsers, full-featured and stable. No need to use IE anymore, and I enjoy using the same browser across all my platforms. Thanks for all the long nights and great code.
At least the clerics signed their work, Mr. Anonymous Poster.
Those backward Muslims. How low can they go, right?
I've not seen the fatwa, but I suppose by "worst kind" of theft, they mean theft for the sake of desire, not necessity. It's one thing to steal a loaf of bread because your kids are hungry, and another to download the latest Eminem because you just don't want to pay for it.
> that religious Islamic fanatics are perhaps *more* moderate than the BSA.
These aren't fanatics. Fanaticism implies excessive enthusiasm or uncritical devotion. These are just religious leaders examining an ethical issue facing their community.
Now, if they advocate hunting down and killing non-Muslims who swap files, that might be a tad fanatic...
Opening scene in SW IV: how Jar Jar became the evil Emperor.
*shudder*
Could happen.
Fare thee well, OS 9. You didn't suck, compared to Win 9.x. But OS X rocks hard, pokey as it is. And it will get better as it goes.
Pity apple won't see its way clear to support the older ATI cards with 10.2's hardware acceleration. My older iBook runs 10.1 passably well, but it's clearly out of its water.
Here's what I'm going to do, and maybe some of you fellow Maccies might follow suit: I'm going to quit bitching about what Apple will or will not support. I assume Jobs is making the decisions he feels he must to keep the company profitable.
I'm gonna buy a set of Mandrake PPC disks and put Linux on my iBook. I'm betting it will fly. Besides, I'm smitten by Evolution. I have it on my work box, and miss it at home. Gnome and Linux on the iBook. Cool.
Then I'm going to buy a new iMac. It'll run 10.2 just great. I'll probably partition the drive for a side-by-side Mandrake install, too.
That's my plan. I'm gonna move forward with OS X, and run Linux on the older Apple hardware. Rock on with your pants on.
Evolution is part of the bag-of-tricks we use to maintain our little Linux user's group in an all-MS shop. It does most everything Outlook does, without all the nasty crashing and security bugs. And it costs our shareholders NOTHING.
VMware or VNC to a Windows box for the proprietary apps we can't do without; Evolution as our mail app/PIM (syncs well with our PDAs); Opera to browse our corporate sites (it lies about being IE: very nice); Mozilla for everything else. Some of us use WM, others KDE or Ximian Gnome. Life is good.We're getting by.
Hooray for Evolution.
Well, I ain't gonna crucify Jobs. I'm gonna send him money, and get me one of the new iBoxes. Holy smokes, that's cool.
Glad they went with the G4 chip. G5 Powermacs must be on the way. Maybe with dual processors on the high end.
You know, I'd love to hate Office X. Bit I don't: it's beautiful, useable, and runs without complaint. Entourage is perhaps the best mail client on any platform. Word X is spectacular, and does damn near everything. Pity it's MS product. And a pity it's so infernally expensive.
We should all demand our money back from the networks. These logo bugs are outrageous!
What? The networks provide entertainment for FREE? Never mind...
Jobs is annoucing the iPod, an .mp3 media player with a 5-gig hard drive, Firewire, etc. Has a very cool polumer battery.
I was wondering the same thing. Why NOT use a nice, stable OS like Mac OS X for audio--especially when there will be a ton of elegant software and a user culture to support it?
A local high-volume production studio was slowly migrating from Mac (OS 9) to Windoze. They changed their minds once OS X came out. Stability saves time, and big files transfer smoothly. I bet Mac does fine in audio apps.
The primary motivation in switiching to email is financial: after the investment in hardware and training, email is cheaper than USPS, and much cheaper than overnight service.
The folks I work for (a big media company) started moving us away from snail mail late last year. Almost everything internal is paperless now.
Noon Pacific. The Apple sites are already pointing to MS, but MS doesn't have anything up yet.
I've used OS X.x fulltime since the day it was released. 10.1 sure looks like it has been worth the minor irritations of early adoption.