I would be held accountable for things like this, I wouldn't have taken the job. Or if I ahd taken the job, I would unplugged all the computers, 'sorry, too much risk...'
Since you work with Linux, you must be aware of the interoperability issues between Linux and Windows, such as smb/cifs. What is Microsoft planning to do about these issues? A standard Linux distribution can't afford to pay for licenses.
While Apple engineers were certainly inspired by PARC, to say they stole belittles the desktop innovations they did: Pull down menus, overlapping windows and a desktop trash bin.
I'm not sure it's doomed. It's creator doesn't hate open source it all; it has many open sources apps running on it, Firefox, Thunderbird and various command line stuff. Open Source stuff is being ported to SkyOS all the time
That said, the developers of SkyOS are a very reclusive bunch; they isolate themselves from the community and are very defensive about their mode of operation. This will doom SkyOS if this attitude continues.
Not trolling, just my thoughts:
I have been thinking about this whole Apple on Intel thing. Here are my thoughts:
I believe the move to Intel chips will mean the end of the Mac OS as a distinctive platform. Let me explain: By moving to Intel, Apple has ensured that all but the most die hard Mac developers will soon stop making Mac applications. Why? This is why:
Apple on Intel means that Windows applications can run via emulation at full native speed. Just look at Linux where Windows apps can be run via VMWare or Wine. What's the incentive to port an app when you can tell the user to run it under these applications? Further, Apple has said, it wont stop people from putting Windows on their Macs, which I think is a mistake. Don't have that specific application? Boot into Windows or run it via emulation. There might be a flurry of initial porting to mac/intel but after a while I think it will peeter out. I might be wrong, I hope I'm wrong, but that is how I see it. Want an example? Look at Linux. A few die hard companies make Linux games, for instance, but very few. That's the future: A widespread OS with no nifty applications.
On top of this is cost. if you are a small developer, can you afford to have a powerpc and intel Mac, and optomize your application for both? or do you not develop for one of the platform? Porting costs money, after all.
Okay, I'm not trolling but I am perplexed: it seems IBM wants to use OSS software everywhere, good for them, but why don't they market PC with Linux preloaded with Linux?
Maybe it just plain sucked. Not all of it, and I'm not bashing the actors involved but the writing and plots...who wants to watch that kind of garbage?
Its solid. I was one of the first to get cable internet in my town and it was was shaky for a while, when they tried the hub first a few towns up, then Burlington, VT. Buffalo has been stable.
I agree with the parent; ever since Adelphia went into bankruptcy, service and support has improved.
I agree. The new interface makes it easier for newbies to use it but it feels like a bad hack to me. There were ways to improve the UI, that menu bar thing wasn't the best idea.
I actually read his book about the "pyramids" on Mars and the face and how it connects to Egypt. Facinating the way he takes half truths and scattered fragments and turns them into a cohesive, if looney, theory. One thing that was true is that the Cairo is a corruption of the Arabic word for Mars.
Where's the catch? I mean, there has to be for MS to open up one of the keys to its kingdom. Even if Open Source apps can't use it, commercial ones like WordPerfect can. MS would have to compete on merits, not on their monopoly, from now on. That doesn't sound something MS would want to do.
The webserver linked into in the article http://www.nekochan.net runs of an SGI O2 and is holding up under the/. ing pretty well--it hasn't even used swap yet.
It was Chairman and CEO Kent Savage's own experience after his son asked him for an iMac that led to the new all-in-one system's creation.
Next time just buy me the iMac.
It issn't ever going to happen. Apple makes all their $$$ on their hardware. They have tight control of thier hardware and the OS which makes the seemless integration they enjoy easy.
If it came to x86, you know M$ will stop supporting the Mac. No more Office, which may not affect you but it would affect many people who need it for work.
And if it came to x86, you can bet Apple will still have custom roms to keep you from running windows on it or installing Mac OS X on just any hardware.
In short, it wont happen. Ever.
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Personally I'm excited at this. I wonder how it will take PPC Linux to be ported to it?
I would be held accountable for things like this, I wouldn't have taken the job. Or if I ahd taken the job, I would unplugged all the computers, 'sorry, too much risk...'
So does this mean it only works with an MS browser?
Since you work with Linux, you must be aware of the interoperability issues between Linux and Windows, such as smb/cifs. What is Microsoft planning to do about these issues? A standard Linux distribution can't afford to pay for licenses.
While Apple engineers were certainly inspired by PARC, to say they stole belittles the desktop innovations they did: Pull down menus, overlapping windows and a desktop trash bin.
How about a decent Yahoo Messenger or letting launch.yahoo.com video works on a mac?
Okay thousands of Debian packages but many of them are graphical. Is there a way to hook up a monitor to this beastie?
I'm not sure it's doomed. It's creator doesn't hate open source it all; it has many open sources apps running on it, Firefox, Thunderbird and various command line stuff. Open Source stuff is being ported to SkyOS all the time
That said, the developers of SkyOS are a very reclusive bunch; they isolate themselves from the community and are very defensive about their mode of operation. This will doom SkyOS if this attitude continues.
126. Why do Slashdot editors post dups, even the same article on the same day?
(Relax son, it's a joke)
Not trolling, just my thoughts:
I have been thinking about this whole Apple on Intel thing. Here are my thoughts:
I believe the move to Intel chips will mean the end of the Mac OS as a distinctive platform. Let me explain: By moving to Intel, Apple has ensured that all but the most die hard Mac developers will soon stop making Mac applications. Why? This is why:
Apple on Intel means that Windows applications can run via emulation at full native speed. Just look at Linux where Windows apps can be run via VMWare or Wine. What's the incentive to port an app when you can tell the user to run it under these applications? Further, Apple has said, it wont stop people from putting Windows on their Macs, which I think is a mistake. Don't have that specific application? Boot into Windows or run it via emulation. There might be a flurry of initial porting to mac/intel but after a while I think it will peeter out. I might be wrong, I hope I'm wrong, but that is how I see it. Want an example? Look at Linux. A few die hard companies make Linux games, for instance, but very few. That's the future: A widespread OS with no nifty applications.
On top of this is cost. if you are a small developer, can you afford to have a powerpc and intel Mac, and optomize your application for both? or do you not develop for one of the platform? Porting costs money, after all.
Thats my 2 cents.
Slashdot posts so many Google articles anyway, might as well drop the act and go all the way.
Okay, I'm not trolling but I am perplexed: it seems IBM wants to use OSS software everywhere, good for them, but why don't they market PC with Linux preloaded with Linux?
Maybe it just plain sucked. Not all of it, and I'm not bashing the actors involved but the writing and plots...who wants to watch that kind of garbage?
Its solid. I was one of the first to get cable internet in my town and it was was shaky for a while, when they tried the hub first a few towns up, then Burlington, VT. Buffalo has been stable.
I agree with the parent; ever since Adelphia went into bankruptcy, service and support has improved.
I agree. The new interface makes it easier for newbies to use it but it feels like a bad hack to me. There were ways to improve the UI, that menu bar thing wasn't the best idea.
Its Webcam, not wecam! :)
That is such a neat object, visully appealing and interesting. Why wouldn't Chicago want it publicised, to draw more tourists to the city?
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe"
I actually read his book about the "pyramids" on Mars and the face and how it connects to Egypt. Facinating the way he takes half truths and scattered fragments and turns them into a cohesive, if looney, theory. One thing that was true is that the Cairo is a corruption of the Arabic word for Mars.
Does it run Solaris? :)
They found some of the ordinary matter that has gone unaccounted for, not dark matter. Read the article.
Where's the catch? I mean, there has to be for MS to open up one of the keys to its kingdom. Even if Open Source apps can't use it, commercial ones like WordPerfect can. MS would have to compete on merits, not on their monopoly, from now on. That doesn't sound something MS would want to do.
Here is what it looked like. http://www.wsp.krakow.pl/papers/ie4rys1.html/
The webserver linked into in the article http://www.nekochan.net runs of an SGI O2 and is holding up under the /. ing pretty well--it hasn't even used swap yet.
It was Chairman and CEO Kent Savage's own experience after his son asked him for an iMac that led to the new all-in-one system's creation.
Next time just buy me the iMac.
It issn't ever going to happen. Apple makes all their $$$ on their hardware. They have tight control of thier hardware and the OS which makes the seemless integration they enjoy easy.
If it came to x86, you know M$ will stop supporting the Mac. No more Office, which may not affect you but it would affect many people who need it for work.
And if it came to x86, you can bet Apple will still have custom roms to keep you from running windows on it or installing Mac OS X on just any hardware.
In short, it wont happen. Ever.