And... who wants to run VNX or X11 all the time? I don't care that it is via Rendezvous, that's just an implementation detail. My previous code did it via AppleTalk, which also had automatic discovery. Wheee.
Umm... because I have to pay $100 every time they decide to release bug fixes which should be free!
Apple has released dozens of bugfixes for Mac OS X which were free, whether maintenance upgrades of the OS, or Security Updates, etc. It charges for the major releases: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2. Stop the FUD.
I did not say all Mac users are anti-MS zealots. I didn't say all anti-MS people are zealots. But all the longtime Mac users I know are, in fact, anti-MS zealots, and I am one of them.:-)
My zealotry has been tempered over the years, but like Yasser Arafat, my hatred for the enemy burns on.
Because when I am testing ActivePerl for Windows, the last thing I want to do is use the DOS Shell.:) It is certainly not for doing real work, just for making it easier to get around for testing.
VPC lets you test viruses, spyware and other dangerous software without risk. You just make a backup of the virtual drive before trying something risky, in case you need to go back to the previous version.
(Of course, since OSX came out, I am struggling for a reason to ever boot VPC into RedHat again. heh.)
Totally... I have a Linux box here for Slashdot development, but I've moved it all over to my TiBook. I use the Linux box as an ssh gateway, mail server, and nightly backup of my TiBook to its 30GB drive. And I could move all of those services over to Mac OS X. If I ever replace my local Mac OS X server (right now it is a PowerBook G3/500) with a desktop Mac, with more room for HD, more power, etc., I will probably retire the Linux box.
Well, then again, as with Windows, I use the Linux box for testing stuff. But I could always just install Linux under VPC too...
Heh, that brings back memories. I even put a script on my home page that would attempt to nuke the Windows user that dared click on it, and posted screen shots of the blue-screened VPC.
I am an anti-MS Mac zealot, and I know many anti-MS Mac zealots. None of the longtime Mac users I know are EVER happy to run Windows; quite the opposite.
It is true I use and like Linux, but I have been a Mac user far longer than a Linux/Unix user, and I have hated Windows for pretty much all that time (well, Windows didn't exist when I became a Mac user, but I hated it since it came out).
I first saved it as the default, to appear on the front page, by mistake. I corrected it so that it would appear on the Apple section page. The Mysterious Future sometimes lies.:-)
Hey, did you submit any of these? Nope. All the submissions arrived overnight, not during the afternoon, nor early evening. Those who don't submit can stick their complaints in their ear.:)
Heh, the title was bad. I should have rewritten it, I just used what the submission had. It was late, my bad. But you're right, saying "if Microsoft did this" is just laughable.:-)
Well, yeah, but you can still download it and use it in demo mode. That's something. And BBEdit Lite is still available (from Bare Bones FTP server, no less... grab it while you can:-).
Anyway, I assume, pending evidence to the contrary, that BBEdit knows what is best for its market, or what it needs to do to remain in business, or whatever. Good luck to them. I think $49 is a bit steep; I think $30 or $35 would be great. But they'll find out!
You paid a discounted price. TextWrangler might have discounted prices at some point, too. But full retail is $179 vs. $49. Go look.
Also, TextWrangler != BBEdit Lite. Different things. BBEdit Lite had a lot of the software development features of BBEdit. TextWrangler doesn't have those, but it does have all the text editing features of BBEdit 7 that BBEdit Lite does not have. They are both subsets of BBEdit, but different subsets.
And, of course, to complain that a company is no longer giving something away for free is pretty stupid on its face. Boo hoo.
FWIW, I was not complaining about the httpd.conf... just noting it as something that was reset on me, for the record. Now, I would recommend that Apple notify when such configurations are reset, but either way, I wasn't complaining about it, and I didn't see anyone else complaining about it either (not that they weren't). So quit bitching about bitching.:)
Initially I liked the iPhoto and iTunes integration, but I am still waiting for Apple to replace my broken computer so I was using a G3/500/256MB PowerBook, and it was just way too slow; since that is an old computer, I won't judge it on performance. And then it crashed. Twice. So I gave up.:-) I am still optimistic for this thing, once they fix it, but the crashes were pretty bad.
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Hey silly, that part of the code isn't Open Source. *plonk*
Er, VNC.
And ... who wants to run VNX or X11 all the time? I don't care that it is via Rendezvous, that's just an implementation detail. My previous code did it via AppleTalk, which also had automatic discovery. Wheee.
Umm... because I have to pay $100 every time they decide to release bug fixes which should be free!
Apple has released dozens of bugfixes for Mac OS X which were free, whether maintenance upgrades of the OS, or Security Updates, etc. It charges for the major releases: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2. Stop the FUD.
I did not say all Mac users are anti-MS zealots. I didn't say all anti-MS people are zealots. But all the longtime Mac users I know are, in fact, anti-MS zealots, and I am one of them. :-)
My zealotry has been tempered over the years, but like Yasser Arafat, my hatred for the enemy burns on.
Because when I am testing ActivePerl for Windows, the last thing I want to do is use the DOS Shell. :) It is certainly not for doing real work, just for making it easier to get around for testing.
VPC lets you test viruses, spyware and other dangerous software without risk. You just make a backup of the virtual drive before trying something risky, in case you need to go back to the previous version.
... I've done this more than once.
Good point
(Of course, since OSX came out, I am struggling for a reason to ever boot VPC into RedHat again. heh.)
... I have a Linux box here for Slashdot development, but I've moved it all over to my TiBook. I use the Linux box as an ssh gateway, mail server, and nightly backup of my TiBook to its 30GB drive. And I could move all of those services over to Mac OS X. If I ever replace my local Mac OS X server (right now it is a PowerBook G3/500) with a desktop Mac, with more room for HD, more power, etc., I will probably retire the Linux box.
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Totally
Well, then again, as with Windows, I use the Linux box for testing stuff. But I could always just install Linux under VPC too
Heh, that brings back memories. I even put a script on my home page that would attempt to nuke the Windows user that dared click on it, and posted screen shots of the blue-screened VPC.
I am an anti-MS Mac zealot, and I know many anti-MS Mac zealots. None of the longtime Mac users I know are EVER happy to run Windows; quite the opposite.
It is true I use and like Linux, but I have been a Mac user far longer than a Linux/Unix user, and I have hated Windows for pretty much all that time (well, Windows didn't exist when I became a Mac user, but I hated it since it came out).
I first saved it as the default, to appear on the front page, by mistake. I corrected it so that it would appear on the Apple section page. The Mysterious Future sometimes lies. :-)
Hey, did you submit any of these? Nope. All the submissions arrived overnight, not during the afternoon, nor early evening. Those who don't submit can stick their complaints in their ear. :)
Heh, the title was bad. I should have rewritten it, I just used what the submission had. It was late, my bad. But you're right, saying "if Microsoft did this" is just laughable. :-)
Ummmmmm ... you should pay this $30 tax because you've purchased something that will, sooner or later, be an environmental hazard.
Please say things that are true next time. Thanks.
Well, yeah, but you can still download it and use it in demo mode. That's something. And BBEdit Lite is still available (from Bare Bones FTP server, no less ... grab it while you can :-).
Anyway, I assume, pending evidence to the contrary, that BBEdit knows what is best for its market, or what it needs to do to remain in business, or whatever. Good luck to them. I think $49 is a bit steep; I think $30 or $35 would be great. But they'll find out!
You paid a discounted price. TextWrangler might have discounted prices at some point, too. But full retail is $179 vs. $49. Go look.
Also, TextWrangler != BBEdit Lite. Different things. BBEdit Lite had a lot of the software development features of BBEdit. TextWrangler doesn't have those, but it does have all the text editing features of BBEdit 7 that BBEdit Lite does not have. They are both subsets of BBEdit, but different subsets.
And, of course, to complain that a company is no longer giving something away for free is pretty stupid on its face. Boo hoo.
That's like asking how Photoshop compares to Preview. Read the link that shows the features.
AppleScript has a "speak text" command or somesuch.
Personally, I would do it all in perl, using Mac::Speech (from Mac::Carbon).
Your argument applies to CDs too. Why should anyone own enough CDs that can amount to 32,000 songs?
And I think the answer is, "why should you care?"
FWIW, I was not complaining about the httpd.conf ... just noting it as something that was reset on me, for the record. Now, I would recommend that Apple notify when such configurations are reset, but either way, I wasn't complaining about it, and I didn't see anyone else complaining about it either (not that they weren't). So quit bitching about bitching. :)
I know who you are, coward. :-)
1) Please answer the question or don't. The answer is No, the Bad Spyware is not used on the Mac version.
It is native for Mac OS X; why use it under Classic?
Yeah, but I had this user ID before I was elite! ;-)
Initially I liked the iPhoto and iTunes integration, but I am still waiting for Apple to replace my broken computer so I was using a G3/500/256MB PowerBook, and it was just way too slow; since that is an old computer, I won't judge it on performance. And then it crashed. Twice. So I gave up. :-) I am still optimistic for this thing, once they fix it, but the crashes were pretty bad.