I'd just like to point out that it's not just Microsoft that gets screwed on this. It's every business/consultant/other who makes a living off of Flash or Java. When 80-90% of the internet users out there are going to feel it's effects, is it a Good Thing(TM)?
Unfortunately MacOS X takes a step backwards here and actually DOES interface with the extensions much more than it should. It's generally much better than the all or nothing approach windows takes, but still is lacking. There was a general outcry when OS X was first released about this sort of thing, but (per usual) it didn't change much of anything. Someone made a huge interesting critique/comparison, let me see if I can find the link....
Hmm. Well, here are a couple of OK ones, but not what I was looking for. Gotta jet though, so here they are:
Isn't this exactly what Apple has been doing (more or less) with Quicktime for ages? At least from a developer standpoint, all the utility of Quicktime comes from libraries that you have access to regardless of what you have in the way of an actual quicktime application.
I've very much noticed this here where I'm from, and I have to say that it drives me crazy.
Lucky for me, "Alternative" as it's loosely called is what I like. More punk than anything I suppose, but I digress.
There's a local station here in SLC, UT (www.x96.com) that has recently begun to boast that it is "Independently owned, independently operated". It has consistantly (the last 3-4 years I've listened) displayed the fact that they are a local shop by playing music from what the users request. I can't say as I agree with 100% of their selection, and granted, they still have to pull a profit so they're going to be catering to the industry somewhat, but it is a lot less dull than any other station around here.
Hey, who do I need to get ahold of for a slight MacOS X change? Their initial window for finding the game folder is misleading -- it should probably use the "choose" button instead of the "open" button. (I was trying to open the VOL.0 file) I don't know much ObjC, but I may be able to get a patch for you, since I had to look in the source to figure that out. =) This could also be changed in the non-stable release already, I haven't checked... And may be a moot point with the new finder interface for OS X 10.3...
It has for our company. We make phone book publishing software, and we are currently porting our Quark plugins to indesign. And that means ~50-75 of our customers heading that direction as well. Not to mention some of our customers have been using indesign ahead of us for some time now and are clamoring for this.
Doesn't Krispy Kreme give out free samples? (IIRC, free glazed doughnuts...?) I'm pretty sure they're not hurting for it. Not that it's a fantastic comparison, but still.
As an apple developer I'll chime in here... Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not a fanatic. =)
Apple's current "native" development environment is Project Builder. They can optimize the code project builder creates (for the most part) to take on the attributes of a 64 bit processor. Even the current codewarrior project defaults to being a "basic" PPC project -- to ensure compatibility with altivec and non-altivec procesors alike.
As far as the Altivec instructions go, there is currently a single library from which these functions are accessed within OS X. A rewrite of this library for another altivec-like chip would be all that's needed for a move like this.
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I'd just like to point out that it's not just Microsoft that gets screwed on this. It's every business/consultant/other who makes a living off of Flash or Java. When 80-90% of the internet users out there are going to feel it's effects, is it a Good Thing(TM)?
Check this out: http://www.halflifesource.com/ These guys sound like they'll have the real scoop one way or the other here shortly.
Unfortunately MacOS X takes a step backwards here and actually DOES interface with the extensions much more than it should. It's generally much better than the all or nothing approach windows takes, but still is lacking. There was a general outcry when OS X was first released about this sort of thing, but (per usual) it didn't change much of anything. Someone made a huge interesting critique/comparison, let me see if I can find the link....
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Hmm. Well, here are a couple of OK ones, but not what I was looking for. Gotta jet though, so here they are:
http://siracusa.home.mindspring.com/john/articles
http://www.latext.com/pm/comments/22_0_1_0_C/
Isn't this exactly what Apple has been doing (more or less) with Quicktime for ages? At least from a developer standpoint, all the utility of Quicktime comes from libraries that you have access to regardless of what you have in the way of an actual quicktime application.
I've very much noticed this here where I'm from, and I have to say that it drives me crazy. Lucky for me, "Alternative" as it's loosely called is what I like. More punk than anything I suppose, but I digress.
There's a local station here in SLC, UT (www.x96.com) that has recently begun to boast that it is "Independently owned, independently operated". It has consistantly (the last 3-4 years I've listened) displayed the fact that they are a local shop by playing music from what the users request. I can't say as I agree with 100% of their selection, and granted, they still have to pull a profit so they're going to be catering to the industry somewhat, but it is a lot less dull than any other station around here.
Hey, who do I need to get ahold of for a slight MacOS X change? Their initial window for finding the game folder is misleading -- it should probably use the "choose" button instead of the "open" button. (I was trying to open the VOL.0 file) I don't know much ObjC, but I may be able to get a patch for you, since I had to look in the source to figure that out. =) This could also be changed in the non-stable release already, I haven't checked... And may be a moot point with the new finder interface for OS X 10.3...
They key word there is "back". He still has to put it all up front, unless the lawyers go for an after the fact payment.
It has for our company. We make phone book publishing software, and we are currently porting our Quark plugins to indesign. And that means ~50-75 of our customers heading that direction as well. Not to mention some of our customers have been using indesign ahead of us for some time now and are clamoring for this.
Doesn't Krispy Kreme give out free samples? (IIRC, free glazed doughnuts...?) I'm pretty sure they're not hurting for it. Not that it's a fantastic comparison, but still.
As an apple developer I'll chime in here... Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not a fanatic. =)
Apple's current "native" development environment is Project Builder. They can optimize the code project builder creates (for the most part) to take on the attributes of a 64 bit processor. Even the current codewarrior project defaults to being a "basic" PPC project -- to ensure compatibility with altivec and non-altivec procesors alike.
As far as the Altivec instructions go, there is currently a single library from which these functions are accessed within OS X. A rewrite of this library for another altivec-like chip would be all that's needed for a move like this.