I'd love to hear about career strategy. I'm totally willing to bust my ass to earn the kind of money I'm worth. I'm using blackmagic37@hotmail.com to avoid spam to my regular account, but would be very interested if you're serious. Thanks!
-Erik
So what if the guy who wrote it was hired by Apple? If they didn't use Proteron's source code, it's similar enough to other software products (i.e. Windows functionality), they're well within their legal and moral rights to use it. I'm sorry, but if a small software company is that dependent upon a niche product, they need to seriously re-examine their business plan. As rapidly as software changes, it's financial suicide for a developer to rest on their laurels.
Apple couldn't acknowledge Proteron even if they wanted to. If they do so without a legal agreement, they are extremely actionable - even without a patent Proteron could sue Apple for stealing the idea. I think people are getting too crazy with the intellectual property claims anyway. C'mon, 1-click ordering, tab switching with a pallette? Why not just patent the use of a power switch to turn on a computer? Sheesh. We as consumers need to put a stop to this by not supporting companies claim intellectual rights to ideas that are NOT ground-breaking and are frequently copied from others' work anyway.
Sounds like what they're complaining about is that Apple now has a mid-screen pallette that shows the applications. Previously, it just had an indicator in the Dock. Of course, LiteSwitch is totally original work because no operating system before had an application switcher that showed the application icons as you switched through them. Uh... hmm, maybe the pot calling the kettle black?
Google is NOT a public service utility, it's a commercial venture supported by advertising. Its function is to make money for its owners, not to provide a utility such as natural gas, electricity, or water to residents of a locale. While it may appear that they're providing some public services, the ads you get at the top and right side of each search (links to buy items) are how Google makes money. Anyway, you're using a US-based search engine. Anytime you use a service based in another country, you're subject to that country's laws. If you don't like it, don't use it. Don't expect a company to break laws in its jurisdiction just because you expect a free service with no limitations.
OK, last post by me on this one, I hope. MacResQ now has bare drives for sale, 1x DVD-R/RW speed, and one-year warranty for $299 with the exchange of your exising (working) drive. It's $50 extra if you don't want to send them your drive. The link above is a direct link to the drive, but if you want to kick me some spare change with your order, here's my affiliate link to MacResQ. There are a couple of clicks to get to the drive, but it's easy to find. Thanks!
The big advantage to buying from OWC, it looks like, is that you can turn around and sell your combo drive on ebay. The others look like they keep your existing drive. The advantage to the MCE drive, though, is that you get 2X DVD writing. I have a need for speed - I'd go with the MCE, and it's less expensive to boot (though don't know if that price includes installation and shipping, so may be a wash).
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I'm not sure that Apple did it first. Isn't AfterStep prior art? I believe they had translucent windows, but they weren't dynamic as Apple's are.
I'd love to hear about career strategy. I'm totally willing to bust my ass to earn the kind of money I'm worth. I'm using blackmagic37@hotmail.com to avoid spam to my regular account, but would be very interested if you're serious. Thanks! -Erik
So what if the guy who wrote it was hired by Apple? If they didn't use Proteron's source code, it's similar enough to other software products (i.e. Windows functionality), they're well within their legal and moral rights to use it. I'm sorry, but if a small software company is that dependent upon a niche product, they need to seriously re-examine their business plan. As rapidly as software changes, it's financial suicide for a developer to rest on their laurels.
Apple couldn't acknowledge Proteron even if they wanted to. If they do so without a legal agreement, they are extremely actionable - even without a patent Proteron could sue Apple for stealing the idea. I think people are getting too crazy with the intellectual property claims anyway. C'mon, 1-click ordering, tab switching with a pallette? Why not just patent the use of a power switch to turn on a computer? Sheesh. We as consumers need to put a stop to this by not supporting companies claim intellectual rights to ideas that are NOT ground-breaking and are frequently copied from others' work anyway.
Sounds like what they're complaining about is that Apple now has a mid-screen pallette that shows the applications. Previously, it just had an indicator in the Dock. Of course, LiteSwitch is totally original work because no operating system before had an application switcher that showed the application icons as you switched through them. Uh... hmm, maybe the pot calling the kettle black?
Google is NOT a public service utility, it's a commercial venture supported by advertising. Its function is to make money for its owners, not to provide a utility such as natural gas, electricity, or water to residents of a locale. While it may appear that they're providing some public services, the ads you get at the top and right side of each search (links to buy items) are how Google makes money. Anyway, you're using a US-based search engine. Anytime you use a service based in another country, you're subject to that country's laws. If you don't like it, don't use it. Don't expect a company to break laws in its jurisdiction just because you expect a free service with no limitations.
OK, last post by me on this one, I hope. MacResQ now has bare drives for sale, 1x DVD-R/RW speed, and one-year warranty for $299 with the exchange of your exising (working) drive. It's $50 extra if you don't want to send them your drive. The link above is a direct link to the drive, but if you want to kick me some spare change with your order, here's my affiliate link to MacResQ. There are a couple of clicks to get to the drive, but it's easy to find. Thanks!
The big advantage to buying from OWC, it looks like, is that you can turn around and sell your combo drive on ebay. The others look like they keep your existing drive. The advantage to the MCE drive, though, is that you get 2X DVD writing. I have a need for speed - I'd go with the MCE, and it's less expensive to boot (though don't know if that price includes installation and shipping, so may be a wash).
Actually, you can buy them at OWC brand new. http://www.macsales.com. $380 for Gigabit models and $400 for earlier.