I hate to point out that XP Home is crippled compared to OS X when dealing with MSFT Servers in a networked environment. Panther and Tiger support participation in an Active Directory or NT domain whereas XP home does not. Panther and Tiger support Home folder encryption whereas XP does not. OS X has more user levels than XP Home.
You seem to think that OS X is the equivalent of the Home edition of XP and yet the CIA and NSA would disagree with you.
So does this XP Home include file encryption support? No. Does it support participation in NT Domains? Nope. Active Directory Domains? No.
Can you effectively use it has a webserver without additional software? No.
So you're telling me that XP Home edition stacks up to OS X when OS X includes all of those features and more? Damn, you should tell the CIA and NSA right away to stop using OS X eh?
Well let's see, I remember see a couple movies she was in so, yeah, I'm familiar with her name and what she looks like.
I remember that specific incident because our department had just moved into the building and we were all distracted by the filming and seeing her "and" the other hot extras in the club scene. The fact that something was being filmed near by was of interest to me more than whether anyone famous was involved.
Did I want an autograph from anyone? No. They are just people who happen to be famous because of their job.
I'm sorry but they are not working for us, unlike politicians. We "buy" their products/performances etc... but we are "not" their employers.
How much they get paid has nothing to do with it. I fail to see how it is any of our business what happens in their "private" lives given that they are "private" citizens just like us.
Politicians are supposed to be "our" representatives and because of this, they are under greater scrutiny. I don't see how this applies to businessmen and actors/actresses given that they are employed by a studio, not the public.
Yes a "public' figure who "works for" the public is under scrutiny but I fail to see how a business man or those celebrities are "required" to give up their privacy in their "private" lives. Are they "at" work 24/7? No.
This is precisely why some actors prefer to work on locations in Canada because we treat them like "people".
I remember when Jennifer Love Hewitt was filming close to our office last summer. It was definitely a distraction to be sure but I was not start struck by her.
I did like how she looked in the short dress she wore however. She was just another hot chick to me.
Did I hurt your feelings? Are you RMS's number one fan?
How the hell am I supposed to contribute to a project's documentation if I'm "looking" for documentation in the first place?
I'll give you a prime example of a horrid UI and a complete lack of proper documentation. WinCVS client is one of the most frustrating version control systems I've ever come across as a developer. Not only is CVS extremely user unfriendly, it is extremely insecure. An uninitiated user who checks off the "save password" feature may not know that his/her password for CVS is stored within the files contained within the CVS directories of the Checkout module. Not only is this extremely insecure considering that a user could mistakingly zip up their source code and provide it for someone else to install (in the case of an interpreted language like Perl) but a developer team sharing a workstation could end up accidentally checking in code under the other user's name. Even with the "save password" option turned off, any recipient of a zipped up checkout module will still be able to see the CVS root within the CVS directories found throughout the checkout module subdirectories.
Why don't you SHUT UP, drop the fanboy act for one moment and think "critically" of the advantages/disadvantages of open source software?
I like both proprietary and open source software and "open standards" WTF is wrong with that? I'm not a zealot or a card carrying member of the RMS fan club. I'm not saying whether I will or will not release software as closed or open source but that is "my choice" to make and I respect the choices of other developers. Why can't you damn zealots understand that?
"Open Standards are important because they allow for interoperability. Of course, closed source software makers in monopoly positions could choose to ignore such an option. While FOSS, by its very nature, provides what people need."
Stop spreading FUD. I like OSS but I don't give a shit about the RMS and his Kool Aid drinking cult followers or their political beliefs.
OSS does not guarantee the creation of open "standards", rather the "scratch your own itch" mantra of OSS could lead to various competing "standards" which would "require" including source which is encumbered by restrictive licensing terms (GPL) which might prevent widespread adoption "outside" of the GNU community. Unless their format is published outside of the restrictively licensed source code, it may remain out of reach of some people.
Stop calling it FOSS, Open Source is much larger than the Free Software Foundation and there are many other OSS licences besides GPL. Many of those licenses offer more "freedom" for developers to "freely express" themselves.
For crying out loud. Software does "not" have rights and freedoms. It is a thing and it is property of someone protected by copyright law. People have "rights" and "freedoms". The GPL does "not" protect individual "rights" and "freedoms".
It is impossible to "sell" software and make a "profit" if the software can be sold by anyone else for "less" than you would "require" to recoup your "expenses" to develop the software. There is also the concern that anyone could obtain the source and redistribute the software for "free" further eroding your revenue source.
"Commercial" software is "sold" for "profit". Get it?
It must be nice living in the "Rock Candy Mountains" but some of us have to work for a living.
Sorry what exactly am I delusional about? That OSS software usually have horrible UI's and documentation? That freedom of speech and freedom are not intrinsically the domain of OSS? That RMS is a raving lunatic who is causing more harm than good with his rhetoric and hypocrisy? What about my belief that open standards are far more important that open source software? I believe this is especially true for average users who could care less if source is available.
I was going to post this anonymously because of all the RMS fanboys would mod me as a troll but what the hell. RMS is living in a dream world where it is still the sixties and everyone lives off a trust fund from their rich relatives.
Some people have to work for a living unfortunately since money does not grow on trees and we don't all have rich parents and we cannot all live on welfare.
Software is worth paying for if it performs the job well and is easy to use. I'm sorry but most OSS have craptastic UI's and no offline documentation. Some software does not even have up to date documentation online.
Many of those proprietary software companies (Apple, Adobe etc...) employ usability experts to test the functionality of the UI. They know what works and what does not. You are not going to see many programmers with a knack for UI design working on an Open Source project. They are motivated by "scratching their own itch" rather than creating software for the public at large.
Can you honestly say that you would spend your own valuable time developing a useful UI for everyone to use when a "good enough" craptastic interface only you can understand would suffice?
Where is the motivation to create a better UI for other people?
I grew up poor and so I understand the value of a dollar and the value of work.
Don't give me that "freedom" and "free speech" bullshit. I can exercise my freedom and free speech by releasing software as a closed source binary if I so choose. If I do not provide adequate documentation, a good UI and value added features, people may choose to use an OSS alternative. It's called competition people. If I can provide a better user experience and functionality, I should be able to expect monetary compensation for my efforts.
Nobody was holding a gun to your head to buy MSFT. There were plenty of alternatives out there like: Commodore Amiga, Apple, BeOS, NeXT. It sounds like you were part of the problem rather than the solution and you are now complaining about the monster you were feeding.
I was an Amiga user until 1996. I held back as long as I could but all of you "X86" people put MSFT into the position they are now in.
Yes it is misleading considering that I can exercise "my" right to "free speech" by releasing a closed source applications. The license does not determine whether something you create is an expression of "your" free speech right.
Yes, this is the most sensible approach to take. Choose the best tool for the job. I'm all for open standards and open source but closed source is sometimes the best choice and it "can" support open standards.
It truly saddens me that you were modded as a troll. Hopefully metamoderation will ensure that whomever did that will not receive mod points again for some time.
Of course it does. Apple "bought" NeXT and Steve Jobs came along with the deal as did many of their engineers. OS X "is" NeXT Step 5.x+.
Interface builder? Yup, Interface objects stored in.nibs? Yup. Has a dock? Yup. Has a Shelf? Yup. Implements the Open Step API? Yup (Cocoa). Uses Objective C? Yup. System objects start with NS? Yes sir.
WTF? Where is the compositing engine in GDI+? Where is the GPU accelerated filters in windows?
Where is the metadata based search in windows? How can I search in PDF documents using explorer? Where is the automatic defrag in windows? I'd love to know where the virtual folders are.
All those features I mentioned are being touted as "features" of Longhorn. You should tell them they already have it.
Arlo Rose worked at Apple during the Copland years. No doubt, Konfabulator was "inspired" by research worked on inside Apple while he was employed there. You should get a hint from the name of the product which is a misspelling of the word Confabulator http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Confabula tor or this http://www.confabulator.com/.
The ideals for Journalled HFS+ (appearing in Panther) and Spotlight largely are coming from Dominic Giampaulo (authored BFS) who on the Spotlight team at Apple.
Were you trying to multitask at the same time as you were burning the DVD? There's your problem right there. Windows does not actually multitask very well unless you have dual processors.
I've been the the computer field for about the same amount of time as you. That degree and those certs are meaningless. I can think of several times when I've had to clean up after some CO-OP student's work or having to help out a colleague with a CS degree with a problem. Problem solving skills and the willingness to learn are key to success in IT and you will not necessarily gain that from a CS degree. To a certain extent, those skill/attributes develop during early childhood and through life experiences.
I've worked in several field in IT which include:In-House Technical Support, Systems Administration, Web design and development of custom software as a contractor. I now work as a Programmer Analyst for a large financial institution but I do not have any degrees.
"Apple R&D is very limited."
WTF do you think Core Image (realtime photoshop like filters), Core Image (Real time video filters) and Spotlight are?
Do you think they came out of a crackerjack box?
Are you saying IBM is not doing research?
As for your assertion about not needing CS majors, I agree. Competent developers are needed regardless of their educational background with a willingness to learn. Learning should be a continual process for developers.
I don't have a degree and I've been working as a developer for almost a decade.
How the fuck does forcing someone to Read the Fucking Manual when some idiot designed the interface create freedom? Guess what? I'm using my freedom to avoid linux so I can avoid people like you. I like open source but I hate linux zealots.
Co-operation does not preclude having freedom. Nobody is saying that you must limit a distro to the LSB. You are "free" to include other functionality. Just don't expect software to make use of your proprietary extensions to linux.
Yeah, you heard me right. Rolling your own distro with "special" features means you have can have a proprietary feature list which other distros will not have.
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You seem to think that OS X is the equivalent of the Home edition of XP and yet the CIA and NSA would disagree with you.
Can you effectively use it has a webserver without additional software? No.
So you're telling me that XP Home edition stacks up to OS X when OS X includes all of those features and more? Damn, you should tell the CIA and NSA right away to stop using OS X eh?
I remember that specific incident because our department had just moved into the building and we were all distracted by the filming and seeing her "and" the other hot extras in the club scene. The fact that something was being filmed near by was of interest to me more than whether anyone famous was involved.
Did I want an autograph from anyone? No. They are just people who happen to be famous because of their job.
How much they get paid has nothing to do with it. I fail to see how it is any of our business what happens in their "private" lives given that they are "private" citizens just like us.
Politicians are supposed to be "our" representatives and because of this, they are under greater scrutiny. I don't see how this applies to businessmen and actors/actresses given that they are employed by a studio, not the public.
This is precisely why some actors prefer to work on locations in Canada because we treat them like "people".
I remember when Jennifer Love Hewitt was filming close to our office last summer. It was definitely a distraction to be sure but I was not start struck by her.
I did like how she looked in the short dress she wore however. She was just another hot chick to me.
How the hell am I supposed to contribute to a project's documentation if I'm "looking" for documentation in the first place?
I'll give you a prime example of a horrid UI and a complete lack of proper documentation. WinCVS client is one of the most frustrating version control systems I've ever come across as a developer. Not only is CVS extremely user unfriendly, it is extremely insecure. An uninitiated user who checks off the "save password" feature may not know that his/her password for CVS is stored within the files contained within the CVS directories of the Checkout module. Not only is this extremely insecure considering that a user could mistakingly zip up their source code and provide it for someone else to install (in the case of an interpreted language like Perl) but a developer team sharing a workstation could end up accidentally checking in code under the other user's name. Even with the "save password" option turned off, any recipient of a zipped up checkout module will still be able to see the CVS root within the CVS directories found throughout the checkout module subdirectories.
Why don't you SHUT UP, drop the fanboy act for one moment and think "critically" of the advantages/disadvantages of open source software?
I like both proprietary and open source software and "open standards" WTF is wrong with that? I'm not a zealot or a card carrying member of the RMS fan club. I'm not saying whether I will or will not release software as closed or open source but that is "my choice" to make and I respect the choices of other developers. Why can't you damn zealots understand that?
Stop spreading FUD. I like OSS but I don't give a shit about the RMS and his Kool Aid drinking cult followers or their political beliefs.
OSS does not guarantee the creation of open "standards", rather the "scratch your own itch" mantra of OSS could lead to various competing "standards" which would "require" including source which is encumbered by restrictive licensing terms (GPL) which might prevent widespread adoption "outside" of the GNU community. Unless their format is published outside of the restrictively licensed source code, it may remain out of reach of some people.
Stop calling it FOSS, Open Source is much larger than the Free Software Foundation and there are many other OSS licences besides GPL. Many of those licenses offer more "freedom" for developers to "freely express" themselves.
For crying out loud. Software does "not" have rights and freedoms. It is a thing and it is property of someone protected by copyright law. People have "rights" and "freedoms". The GPL does "not" protect individual "rights" and "freedoms".
"Commercial" software is "sold" for "profit". Get it?
It must be nice living in the "Rock Candy Mountains" but some of us have to work for a living.
Sorry what exactly am I delusional about? That OSS software usually have horrible UI's and documentation? That freedom of speech and freedom are not intrinsically the domain of OSS? That RMS is a raving lunatic who is causing more harm than good with his rhetoric and hypocrisy? What about my belief that open standards are far more important that open source software? I believe this is especially true for average users who could care less if source is available.
Some people have to work for a living unfortunately since money does not grow on trees and we don't all have rich parents and we cannot all live on welfare.
Software is worth paying for if it performs the job well and is easy to use. I'm sorry but most OSS have craptastic UI's and no offline documentation. Some software does not even have up to date documentation online.
Many of those proprietary software companies (Apple, Adobe etc...) employ usability experts to test the functionality of the UI. They know what works and what does not. You are not going to see many programmers with a knack for UI design working on an Open Source project. They are motivated by "scratching their own itch" rather than creating software for the public at large.
Can you honestly say that you would spend your own valuable time developing a useful UI for everyone to use when a "good enough" craptastic interface only you can understand would suffice?
Where is the motivation to create a better UI for other people?
I grew up poor and so I understand the value of a dollar and the value of work.
Don't give me that "freedom" and "free speech" bullshit. I can exercise my freedom and free speech by releasing software as a closed source binary if I so choose. If I do not provide adequate documentation, a good UI and value added features, people may choose to use an OSS alternative. It's called competition people. If I can provide a better user experience and functionality, I should be able to expect monetary compensation for my efforts.
I was an Amiga user until 1996. I held back as long as I could but all of you "X86" people put MSFT into the position they are now in.
Yes it is misleading considering that I can exercise "my" right to "free speech" by releasing a closed source applications. The license does not determine whether something you create is an expression of "your" free speech right.
It truly saddens me that you were modded as a troll. Hopefully metamoderation will ensure that whomever did that will not receive mod points again for some time.
There are many companies out there that cannot survive on the "open source" model of making money through selling support and t-shirts.
Your score of flamebait is precisely why metamoderation exists on slashdot. Damn fanboys cannot handle the truth.
You can run VS.NET 2003 under emulation with VPC.
Interface builder? Yup, Interface objects stored in .nibs? Yup. Has a dock? Yup. Has a Shelf? Yup. Implements the Open Step API? Yup (Cocoa). Uses Objective C? Yup. System objects start with NS? Yes sir.
What difference does it make how many companies are selling the same crap?
If they developed useful software to bundle with the OS or made alternative OSes, you'd have a point. Dell=IBM=HP=Sony. Same crap.
Arlo Rose worked at Apple during the Copland years. No doubt, Konfabulator was "inspired" by research worked on inside Apple while he was employed there. You should get a hint from the name of the product which is a misspelling of the word Confabulator http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Confabula tor or this http://www.confabulator.com/.
The ideals for Journalled HFS+ (appearing in Panther) and Spotlight largely are coming from Dominic Giampaulo (authored BFS) who on the Spotlight team at Apple.
Were you trying to multitask at the same time as you were burning the DVD? There's your problem right there. Windows does not actually multitask very well unless you have dual processors.
I've been the the computer field for about the same amount of time as you. That degree and those certs are meaningless. I can think of several times when I've had to clean up after some CO-OP student's work or having to help out a colleague with a CS degree with a problem. Problem solving skills and the willingness to learn are key to success in IT and you will not necessarily gain that from a CS degree. To a certain extent, those skill/attributes develop during early childhood and through life experiences.
I've worked in several field in IT which include:In-House Technical Support, Systems Administration, Web design and development of custom software as a contractor. I now work as a Programmer Analyst for a large financial institution but I do not have any degrees.
WTF do you think Core Image (realtime photoshop like filters), Core Image (Real time video filters) and Spotlight are?
Do you think they came out of a crackerjack box?
Are you saying IBM is not doing research?
As for your assertion about not needing CS majors, I agree. Competent developers are needed regardless of their educational background with a willingness to learn. Learning should be a continual process for developers.
I don't have a degree and I've been working as a developer for almost a decade.
Apple started to publish information about Core Image/Video "before" Motion shipped.
The damn GNU/Linux zealots are killing linux.
Co-operation does not preclude having freedom. Nobody is saying that you must limit a distro to the LSB. You are "free" to include other functionality. Just don't expect software to make use of your proprietary extensions to linux.
Yeah, you heard me right. Rolling your own distro with "special" features means you have can have a proprietary feature list which other distros will not have.
You are basically saying fuck linux and hail MSFT and, Bill Gates and Steve Balmer.
How much are they paying you for this troll?