I was hoping for a more specific answer. From what you are saying, I'd vote for Hillary except that of course I won't vote for her because she supported the war in Iraq.
You (as a user) will be able to install software on an iPhone. You (as a developer) will have to go to Apple hat in hand and ask for an SDK and that your binary be signed before you can ship. Most users will not care about this second point. To them, the iPhone won't seem like a closed system.
I disagree with your point. The fact that it runs OS X does matter because it enables Apple to have a lot of synergy with their other development efforts and it will enable Apple and authorized third parties (such as myself) to deliver some really kick ass solutions for iPhone.
The fact you can't start up XCode and build yourself a hack for whatever matters to casual OS X programmers and possibly to some businesses, but to most users this won't matter.
As someone who tried using Newton Mail through eWorld, I can tell you that it sucked. And I mean SUCKED!
I had a third party PCMCIA modem with my Newton 120 (Newton OS 2.0). I went through a couple of different modems before I found one that really worked well with the Newton.
It was very slow unreliable. It defeated the whole purpose of mobile email because if you could get to a phone line and plug it into the Newton's modem, then you could just as easily have plugged a powerbook into the phone - or checked email on a desktop mac.
It was not a good solution.
In the Newton OS 2.0 style guidelines (which, yes, I own a copy of) Apple talks about "communications" being the theme of Newton OS 2.0. Which is all well and good except that the worst feature of the Newton was getting it to communicate with any kind of external computer or network.
IRDA printing was a joke.
I worked on a project where we used Xircom cards to connect via Wayfarer to a message server. That worked OK, but was a far cry from standard networking on a Newton. It was a very specialized and expensive solution.
If you can't figure out how to buy the replacement battery dirt cheap and replace it yourself in less than five minutes, then you are too stupid to live. Please kill yourself now.
Actually a lot of people did need the Newton and in fact it did a very good job. I was a professional Newton programmer for a company that made medical software for the Newt and later Windows CE. For our customers, the Newton was a much better device than anything else out there. The MP2K was like a dream come true for us! It was large enough and powerful enough. It ran our software really really well. There were other folks working in what was known as "vertical markets" like invetory control and on highway projects for whom the Newton was the perfect device. Problem was that Apple had envisioned it as a high volume consumer electronic device and when they weren't winning in that market, they didn't care about the markets where they were dominating.
Newton Inc was supposed to fix this. They were going to be let off the leash to go directly after the verticals.
For me the cancelling of the spin out of Newton Inc and the ending of the Newton was a very dark day in my life. I am still sad that Newton Inc wasn't given a chance.
OK. What's so great about her? As far as I can tell, having her, a soviet expert, in an administration that is dealing with mostly Islamic problems is like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
So, do you, for example, let her watch Peter Pan? Or Dumbo? Trying to fly seems like a very dangerous activity to copy. Obviously you let her watch Dumbo because the message of that movie is that it is OK to fly IF YOU ARE EN ELEPHANT which obviously she isn't.
Condi is unelectable. People who keep pitching her as a candidiate are retarded. How many presidents have we ever had that were elected from being cabinet members? Only two that I can think of and both were really poor candidates and poor Presidents (Taft and Hoover).
Today's election process would prevent her from ever having a shot at the nomination.
46% of potential Ferrari buyers said they would buy a Ferrari for $12,000-$18,000. Less than one percent said they would buy a Ferrari for the current list price of $1,000,000.
Every morning I tell my kid: "Come home with at least three other kids' lunch money or don't come home at all. And don't forget to pick up some booze and smokes for your old man!"
They way you describe him, it sounds like he is on a definite power trip if he thinks it is OK for him to break the law whenever he wants just because he is a cop.
I'd rather not visit a website that calls itself "daring" anything little known "daring fireball" Apparently though you had no problem visiting a Slashdot article about an article on daring fireball to offer this gem of an insight.
Most devices are becoming more energy efficient. Even for what you are talking about (servers), the amount of energy used per unit of work isn't going up.
Actually I was asking for selfish reasons - my company is hiring in many different areas (all software). When you say "your area" do you mean "your area of expertise" or "your geographical area"?
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I was hoping for a more specific answer. From what you are saying, I'd vote for Hillary except that of course I won't vote for her because she supported the war in Iraq.
I'm supporting Ron Paul.
iPhone doesn't have pen input either.
Yes, there will be limited third party software development - an expanded version of the dev program for iPod.
You (as a user) will be able to install software on an iPhone. You (as a developer) will have to go to Apple hat in hand and ask for an SDK and that your binary be signed before you can ship. Most users will not care about this second point. To them, the iPhone won't seem like a closed system.
I disagree with your point. The fact that it runs OS X does matter because it enables Apple to have a lot of synergy with their other development efforts and it will enable Apple and authorized third parties (such as myself) to deliver some really kick ass solutions for iPhone.
The fact you can't start up XCode and build yourself a hack for whatever matters to casual OS X programmers and possibly to some businesses, but to most users this won't matter.
As someone who tried using Newton Mail through eWorld, I can tell you that it sucked. And I mean SUCKED!
I had a third party PCMCIA modem with my Newton 120 (Newton OS 2.0). I went through a couple of different modems before I found one that really worked well with the Newton.
It was very slow unreliable. It defeated the whole purpose of mobile email because if you could get to a phone line and plug it into the Newton's modem, then you could just as easily have plugged a powerbook into the phone - or checked email on a desktop mac.
It was not a good solution.
In the Newton OS 2.0 style guidelines (which, yes, I own a copy of) Apple talks about "communications" being the theme of Newton OS 2.0. Which is all well and good except that the worst feature of the Newton was getting it to communicate with any kind of external computer or network.
IRDA printing was a joke.
I worked on a project where we used Xircom cards to connect via Wayfarer to a message server. That worked OK, but was a far cry from standard networking on a Newton. It was a very specialized and expensive solution.
If you can't figure out how to buy the replacement battery dirt cheap and replace it yourself in less than five minutes, then you are too stupid to live. Please kill yourself now.
Actually a lot of people did need the Newton and in fact it did a very good job. I was a professional Newton programmer for a company that made medical software for the Newt and later Windows CE. For our customers, the Newton was a much better device than anything else out there. The MP2K was like a dream come true for us! It was large enough and powerful enough. It ran our software really really well. There were other folks working in what was known as "vertical markets" like invetory control and on highway projects for whom the Newton was the perfect device. Problem was that Apple had envisioned it as a high volume consumer electronic device and when they weren't winning in that market, they didn't care about the markets where they were dominating.
Newton Inc was supposed to fix this. They were going to be let off the leash to go directly after the verticals.
For me the cancelling of the spin out of Newton Inc and the ending of the Newton was a very dark day in my life. I am still sad that Newton Inc wasn't given a chance.
OK. What's so great about her? As far as I can tell, having her, a soviet expert, in an administration that is dealing with mostly Islamic problems is like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Tell me why I'm wrong.
This is a very practical and well reasoned idea. I think it should be adopted by all people everywhere. And I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Condi is unelectable. People who keep pitching her as a candidiate are retarded. How many presidents have we ever had that were elected from being cabinet members? Only two that I can think of and both were really poor candidates and poor Presidents (Taft and Hoover).
Today's election process would prevent her from ever having a shot at the nomination.
46% of potential Ferrari buyers said they would buy a Ferrari for $12,000-$18,000. Less than one percent said they would buy a Ferrari for the current list price of $1,000,000.
Puretracks is super-lame.
President Johnson had a war on poverty. Poverty won.
The fed gov't has a lot of extra money and they need a rat hole to pour it down.
At my school you would have been shot.
Every morning I tell my kid: "Come home with at least three other kids' lunch money or don't come home at all. And don't forget to pick up some booze and smokes for your old man!"
They way you describe him, it sounds like he is on a definite power trip if he thinks it is OK for him to break the law whenever he wants just because he is a cop.
Most devices are becoming more energy efficient. Even for what you are talking about (servers), the amount of energy used per unit of work isn't going up.
I think you raise some valid concerns, but still this is a step in the right direction. Plus, improved battery tech is always welcome for many uses.
Actually I was asking for selfish reasons - my company is hiring in many different areas (all software). When you say "your area" do you mean "your area of expertise" or "your geographical area"?
Patents are about ideas, not products.
But maybe they should return to the system where you have to submit a working model to the patent office.
Oh, and patenting genes by saying they are useful for creating the gene itself should be illegal.