I've owned 3 handsprings (Currently I have the Edge). I generally like the handhelds, but I'll avoid them in the future...
Why? Well... they aren't flash upgradable. They said that they could accomplish all of this in other upgrades, however they can't. And while they say they are fully Palm compatible, they aren't. Further more, they don't seem comitted to solving the problems there incompatibilities create.
Example... Months ago Palm released the Palm Desktop for OS X. This is totally uncompatible with Handsping Visors (and Treo's apparently). Not only does it freak out whenever you sync, according to Handspring *if* you do manages to sync, you can't go back. Now if this was a minor little difference, you would think that Handspring could patch the desktop software and make a version available that worked with OS X, and clearly if they cared this could have been done some time ago, yet OS X users are still waiting.
Now if I had and actuall Palm, or one of those cool Sony's, I'd be set. But now I'm stuck with a deveice that I can't sync with my primary computer.
Wow... you know I re-read your post and you clearly *are* comparing Apache to IE. But while we're at it... IE is much more popular then Apache too.
BTW, if you could read clearly, nobody every said popularity has any corelation to security, only that it's more likely that security flaws would crop up in more popular programs.
Comparing Apache to IE is not a good comparison at all for the following reasons...
- In terms of complexity, most browsers are much more complex then apache.
- Apache can be wildly insecure if configured poorly, and most people couldn't even begin to understand how to configure it (and apache is relatively simple compared to something like say... sendmail).
- While apache itself is quite secure, once you start turning on features and adding modules all bets are off. In IE if you want security you can turn off most of insecure features.
I would add that most people who use open source software have no idea what to do with the source code. Even those with years of experience of development couldn't just sort through the source code of a relatively large project and begin fixing things. Sendmail is an excellent example of this... while it's claimed that it's relatively secure these days (I use Postfix so I wouldn't know) it took years and years to get to an even relatively secure place.
I use many different computing environments on a daily basis, this of course includes MS products. In a perfect world (IMHO) everyone would be running OS X on cheap hardware, but that's not going to happen anytime soon... until then I hope MS continues to at least try to do the best they can to give us reliable secure products.
Of your list only C++ is a language. However one could right an Apache module in C++ that accesses a MySQL database... err wait actually that been done!
I happily have my Jet Direct working with OS X. The magic trick is ghostscript and NetInfo hacking. There is a discussion on apples discussion list about this, But what you need is at: http://homepage.mac.com/balthisar/HPNetworkInkjet. sit
BTW if you have a postscript printer you can just print to it by setting it up as a network printer using jetdirect.
Well... On one hand Apple probably feels that if you bought a Mac today you have OS X, and therefore no need for Linux. (Have to agree here... haven't touched either of my Linux Boxes since I've got OS X).
However, before OS X, Apple not only supported Linux, they financed the development of it... at least the mkLinux distribution.
I clearly don't think Apple cares about Linux that much, but I hardly think it's a threat. Apple make it's money off of hardware. They probably feel their OS provides an added incentive to purchase one.
Also... FWIW I think the reason that most commercial companies don't support Linux is the whole GNU thing. It's really (intentionally) anti-business... now wheather you think that's a good thing or a bad thing... It's not conducive to commercial software. Chances are you'll see QuickTime running on BSD before Linux... Oh wait it already does!
Actually my guess is that CUPS will mostly utilize the BSD (aka Unix, or Darwin) layer of OS X which is neither carbon or cocoa (It is however accessible to and from both). (see: Mac OS X System Acitecture)
The Aqua additions for the OS X version would, I imagine, include some sort of Cocoa GUI to configure and maintain CUPS as well as some method of translating quartz rendering to something CUPS can print.
I wonder if the RIAA even takes independant lables into consideration? The last few albums I've bought aren't major label bands. This is basically because most of the major label bands are just uninteresting. I mean there is nothing new there at all it's just the same Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, "Alternative" stuff that they've been recycling for years
Now there are some good older albums (That I have on vinyl or cassette) that they could prompt me to buy on CD if I could actually find it on CD (And if it's on some strange encrypted CD type thing forget it!).
The problem I think is that the RIAA and lables it represents are so wrapped up in what *they* want, that they have totally lost sight of what the consumer wants.
Caffine Software sells TIFFany which very well could be every bit as good as Photoshop. This is actually a cocoa app that was originally designed for OpenStep. On the plus side it's very powerful and very different. On the minus side it's pretty expensive (They really should offer a $149 competitive upgrade from Photoshop!) and it's very different.
Anyway... I'll probably end up with Photoshop (I've been using it since Version 2.5). But there are options for OS X. (And I'm sorry, but GIMP is not an option for professional photo editing... It's a step above most graphics software, but it's not Photoshop or TIFFany. (I actually think people who use and like GIMP on OS X should really download TIFFany3 Trial, I think they'll be pleasantly supprised).
I have both Adobe Illustrator aand Macromedia Freehand for OS X. While Freehand may have been first, it absolutly sucks compared to Illustrator. FWIW, Until recently I actually prefered Freehand, but Freehand for OS X is so bad it's unforgivable.
Err... IBM has a fine JVM... In fact IBM leads the industry in Java Development (Not Sun... they just try to control it). Also Apples JVM is quite nice too.
NOTE: Apple does make Darwin available for Intel. (I'll get back to this)...
The major problem Apple would have is supporting the many variations of PC hardware. Apple is too small and doesn't have enough resources to develop drivers for all the possible hardware combinations (Not to mention all the WinModems and such). Until there is driver support (in which the many variations of drivers work together nicely). I would find it unlikely that Apple would port over the rest of OS X (Quartz, Cocoa, etc...).
Now... As mentioned before... Apple has released Darwin for x86. The driver support is very limited, but it works well from what I can tell (Only supports Intel Brand PCI Network Cards which I don't have, so I didn't play around with it too much). I think, what Apple is secretly hoping, is that others (i.e. Open Source Developers) will fix that up with the needed driver support so that *If* Apple added on the rest of the OS X goodies Which, based on NexT's History most likely would be extramly doable, they would have a marketable product.
I Think this actually makes sense... I don't expect Apple to go to far out of it's way to support Intel, but if all the pecies of the puzzle evolve (and supporting PC Hardware is *hugh* puzzle). then I'd expect Apple would be willing to put out OS X for Intel. I'd also expect Apple to pull the plug on OS X for INtel it if all there hardware profits dried up without an equal revenue growth in the OS business.
Isn't the possibility of some company tracking your habits and such. Hell, lot's of people would like recomendations based on there likes. In fact that's one of the best things about Amazon (who track *everything*)!
The scary thing is that according to the article, it wasn't clear to the users that this information was being stored *and* that information was being sent out.
It kinda makes you wonder what else is being stored and sent back and forth accross the internet by Microsoft. Clearly this isn't the first time suspicious things like this have been attributed to Microsoft or others. It's as if MS is doing all these little "innocent" things to see if they can not get caught. So then they can unleash something much more sisinster. (Or am I just being too Paraniod?)
My point was that they're overdoing it. I mean, why take the whole computer (motherboard, case, power supply, processor, heat sink, cd-rom, keyboard, monitor, etc.) when all they actually need is the hard drives? IMO, that's like saying, "OK, we found you had drugs in your car. So in addition to taking the drugs and your car, we're going to take your garage, toolshed, vacuum cleaner, and all your other cars too!"
Actually that's not a fair comaprison... A fair comparison to just taking the hard drive (as you suggest) would be to just take the trunk of car.
Actually, its possible to not install the BSD Compatibility layer at all when you install OS X. Anyone whose ever installed it would know that. Crazy PC users who have never had the privilage of using a mac...
The BSD Compatibility layer installs much of the basic commandline software and libraries associated with BSD and other Unix's. However even without this, OS X is still BSD. BSD is a kernel, not the apps with run on it (Same thing with Linux... Linux refers to the kernel... everything else is distribution).
Ok... I love it when people make statements that are just plain wrong...
The second amendment allows for an armed militia. It has nothing to do with armed individuals. Granted, it's vague, but it certainly doesn't give everyone the right to bear arms. That's just a bunch of NRA retoric.
Look I'm not opposed to people having guns. But I think there should be limits as to who can have them and what they can have.
BTW the NRA has more then 10 years and a whole lot more then $50K, they also have tons of political clout, if it was *really* unconstitutional to walk around with a concealed weapon, then surely the NRA would have won at least one legal argument somewhere since it's a pretty common law everywhere.
Imagine going through a bookstore looking for the particular book you want, and all the books are ring bound... You'd never find it. And that's why you're unlikely to see it despite it's obvious advantages.
Well, on a certain level it does depend on who you are, most publishers (and I work for one of 'em) today would be open to such an arangement.
While many publishers are expermenting with online distribution for profit (i.e. Safari the O'Reilly / PTG online thing), most publisher relize that putting a book online actually increases book sales (unless of course the book is bad to begin with).
At the bottom end of the food chain when it comes to computer books are anything from Sams, Que, or IDG. These publishers typically rush books out so the books are on the shelf before anything else, and often before the software is even released
Oh my... I'll poke at the fire. What a gross overgeneralization (And for someone who works in a bookstore you are quite misinformed since "IDG" has been "Hungry Minds" for quite some time now).
Granted each of the above publishers have a tendency to put certain books out quickly (is this really that bad... after all early adopters need something and a book that's just "Good but not great" is much more useful then nothing at all). On the other hand each of the above mentioned publishers also put out a number of unrushed well thought out excellent books too. That is, all of the above publishers generally have multiple audiences which require multiple types of books. (Unlike, say O'Reilly, which has really only found success publishing for one broad audience (intermediate developers) even thought they have tried (Anyone read AOL in a Nutshell?))
Generally Sams *Teach Yourself* books are good for beginners or people new to some technology (24 Hours more so... 21 Days are often a tiny bit more advanced). Sams also publishes other books which are clearly written for more advanced users. Each type of book serves it's audience (Maybe not you, but someone). Hungry Minds (a.k.a. Wiley... formally IDG) has a similar stratagy too.
That thing is bigger publishers have bigger more diverse audiences, and therefore there's a wider range of books and not every book is going to be written for people like you.
The truth is I would guess that many, many of today's developers and computer professionals started out with a Teach Yourself or Dummies book, that doesn't mean these same people would necessarily find one useful today... people grow, but there are new people interested in learning as well.
BTW... Another bit of info that an informed person would know... Sams and Que and Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall (opposite ends accroding to Above posting) are all part of the very same company (Along with a few others!)
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Yup, suck's don't it.
MS Talks... Apple ships.
Nice job Apple (for once.)
I've owned 3 handsprings (Currently I have the Edge). I generally like the handhelds, but I'll avoid them in the future...
Why? Well... they aren't flash upgradable. They said that they could accomplish all of this in other upgrades, however they can't. And while they say they are fully Palm compatible, they aren't. Further more, they don't seem comitted to solving the problems there incompatibilities create.
Example... Months ago Palm released the Palm Desktop for OS X. This is totally uncompatible with Handsping Visors (and Treo's apparently). Not only does it freak out whenever you sync, according to Handspring *if* you do manages to sync, you can't go back. Now if this was a minor little difference, you would think that Handspring could patch the desktop software and make a version available that worked with OS X, and clearly if they cared this could have been done some time ago, yet OS X users are still waiting.
Now if I had and actuall Palm, or one of those cool Sony's, I'd be set. But now I'm stuck with a deveice that I can't sync with my primary computer.
Blah...
Wow... you know I re-read your post and you clearly *are* comparing Apache to IE. But while we're at it... IE is much more popular then Apache too.
BTW, if you could read clearly, nobody every said popularity has any corelation to security, only that it's more likely that security flaws would crop up in more popular programs.
-S.
Oops is right!
Comparing Apache to IE is not a good comparison at all for the following reasons...
- In terms of complexity, most browsers are much more complex then apache.
- Apache can be wildly insecure if configured poorly, and most people couldn't even begin to understand how to configure it (and apache is relatively simple compared to something like say... sendmail).
- While apache itself is quite secure, once you start turning on features and adding modules all bets are off. In IE if you want security you can turn off most of insecure features.
I would add that most people who use open source software have no idea what to do with the source code. Even those with years of experience of development couldn't just sort through the source code of a relatively large project and begin fixing things. Sendmail is an excellent example of this... while it's claimed that it's relatively secure these days (I use Postfix so I wouldn't know) it took years and years to get to an even relatively secure place.
I use many different computing environments on a daily basis, this of course includes MS products. In a perfect world (IMHO) everyone would be running OS X on cheap hardware, but that's not going to happen anytime soon... until then I hope MS continues to at least try to do the best they can to give us reliable secure products.
-S.
Huh?
Of your list only C++ is a language. However one could right an Apache module in C++ that accesses a MySQL database... err wait actually that been done!
Ummmm.... reread that in context... Handwriting recognition won't work with older video cards. That's all.
I happily have my Jet Direct working with OS X. The magic trick is ghostscript and NetInfo hacking. There is a discussion on apples discussion list about this, But what you need is at: http://homepage.mac.com/balthisar/HPNetworkInkjet. sit
BTW if you have a postscript printer you can just print to it by setting it up as a network printer using jetdirect.
Well... On one hand Apple probably feels that if you bought a Mac today you have OS X, and therefore no need for Linux. (Have to agree here... haven't touched either of my Linux Boxes since I've got OS X).
However, before OS X, Apple not only supported Linux, they financed the development of it... at least the mkLinux distribution.
I clearly don't think Apple cares about Linux that much, but I hardly think it's a threat. Apple make it's money off of hardware. They probably feel their OS provides an added incentive to purchase one.
Also... FWIW I think the reason that most commercial companies don't support Linux is the whole GNU thing. It's really (intentionally) anti-business... now wheather you think that's a good thing or a bad thing... It's not conducive to commercial software. Chances are you'll see QuickTime running on BSD before Linux... Oh wait it already does!
Actually my guess is that CUPS will mostly utilize the BSD (aka Unix, or Darwin) layer of OS X which is neither carbon or cocoa (It is however accessible to and from both). (see: Mac OS X System Acitecture)
The Aqua additions for the OS X version would, I imagine, include some sort of Cocoa GUI to configure and maintain CUPS as well as some method of translating quartz rendering to something CUPS can print.
Both the RIAA and MPAA are basically after the same things. Fairly easy to confuse the two. They are both shameless wh??rs of the media industry.
I wonder if the RIAA even takes independant lables into consideration? The last few albums I've bought aren't major label bands. This is basically because most of the major label bands are just uninteresting. I mean there is nothing new there at all it's just the same Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, "Alternative" stuff that they've been recycling for years
Now there are some good older albums (That I have on vinyl or cassette) that they could prompt me to buy on CD if I could actually find it on CD (And if it's on some strange encrypted CD type thing forget it!).
The problem I think is that the RIAA and lables it represents are so wrapped up in what *they* want, that they have totally lost sight of what the consumer wants.
Anyway... I'll probably end up with Photoshop (I've been using it since Version 2.5). But there are options for OS X. (And I'm sorry, but GIMP is not an option for professional photo editing... It's a step above most graphics software, but it's not Photoshop or TIFFany. (I actually think people who use and like GIMP on OS X should really download TIFFany3 Trial, I think they'll be pleasantly supprised).
Err... IBM has a fine JVM... In fact IBM leads the industry in Java Development (Not Sun... they just try to control it). Also Apples JVM is quite nice too.
The major problem Apple would have is supporting the many variations of PC hardware. Apple is too small and doesn't have enough resources to develop drivers for all the possible hardware combinations (Not to mention all the WinModems and such). Until there is driver support (in which the many variations of drivers work together nicely). I would find it unlikely that Apple would port over the rest of OS X (Quartz, Cocoa, etc...).
Now... As mentioned before... Apple has released Darwin for x86. The driver support is very limited, but it works well from what I can tell (Only supports Intel Brand PCI Network Cards which I don't have, so I didn't play around with it too much). I think, what Apple is secretly hoping, is that others (i.e. Open Source Developers) will fix that up with the needed driver support so that *If* Apple added on the rest of the OS X goodies Which, based on NexT's History most likely would be extramly doable, they would have a marketable product.
I Think this actually makes sense... I don't expect Apple to go to far out of it's way to support Intel, but if all the pecies of the puzzle evolve (and supporting PC Hardware is *hugh* puzzle). then I'd expect Apple would be willing to put out OS X for Intel. I'd also expect Apple to pull the plug on OS X for INtel it if all there hardware profits dried up without an equal revenue growth in the OS business.
The scary thing is that according to the article, it wasn't clear to the users that this information was being stored *and* that information was being sent out.
It kinda makes you wonder what else is being stored and sent back and forth accross the internet by Microsoft. Clearly this isn't the first time suspicious things like this have been attributed to Microsoft or others. It's as if MS is doing all these little "innocent" things to see if they can not get caught. So then they can unleash something much more sisinster. (Or am I just being too Paraniod?)
Actually that's not a fair comaprison... A fair comparison to just taking the hard drive (as you suggest) would be to just take the trunk of car.
The BSD Compatibility layer installs much of the basic commandline software and libraries associated with BSD and other Unix's. However even without this, OS X is still BSD. BSD is a kernel, not the apps with run on it (Same thing with Linux... Linux refers to the kernel... everything else is distribution).
Ok... I love it when people make statements that are just plain wrong...
The second amendment allows for an armed militia. It has nothing to do with armed individuals. Granted, it's vague, but it certainly doesn't give everyone the right to bear arms. That's just a bunch of NRA retoric.
Look I'm not opposed to people having guns. But I think there should be limits as to who can have them and what they can have.
BTW the NRA has more then 10 years and a whole lot more then $50K, they also have tons of political clout, if it was *really* unconstitutional to walk around with a concealed weapon, then surely the NRA would have won at least one legal argument somewhere since it's a pretty common law everywhere.
Imagine going through a bookstore looking for the particular book you want, and all the books are ring bound... You'd never find it. And that's why you're unlikely to see it despite it's obvious advantages.
Sorry
What crack are you smoking?
Did you actually look at the Apple store before you start spouting?
You can ditch the modem and downgrade the video card.
It'll only save you $129 but that would add up if you were building a cluster.
Also FYI the RAM is not "Hyper-Inflated" just slightly higher ($200 per 512)... Much better deal then you get at Dell!
So you're stuck with the super drive... Swap it out for your desktop, it's better then what you have now anyway.
Well, on a certain level it does depend on who you are, most publishers (and I work for one of 'em) today would be open to such an arangement.
While many publishers are expermenting with online distribution for profit (i.e. Safari the O'Reilly / PTG online thing), most publisher relize that putting a book online actually increases book sales (unless of course the book is bad to begin with).
I think they are generally inconsistant. (But who's not these days)
Oh my... I'll poke at the fire. What a gross overgeneralization (And for someone who works in a bookstore you are quite misinformed since "IDG" has been "Hungry Minds" for quite some time now).
Granted each of the above publishers have a tendency to put certain books out quickly (is this really that bad... after all early adopters need something and a book that's just "Good but not great" is much more useful then nothing at all). On the other hand each of the above mentioned publishers also put out a number of unrushed well thought out excellent books too. That is, all of the above publishers generally have multiple audiences which require multiple types of books. (Unlike, say O'Reilly, which has really only found success publishing for one broad audience (intermediate developers) even thought they have tried (Anyone read AOL in a Nutshell?))
Generally Sams *Teach Yourself* books are good for beginners or people new to some technology (24 Hours more so... 21 Days are often a tiny bit more advanced). Sams also publishes other books which are clearly written for more advanced users. Each type of book serves it's audience (Maybe not you, but someone). Hungry Minds (a.k.a. Wiley... formally IDG) has a similar stratagy too. That thing is bigger publishers have bigger more diverse audiences, and therefore there's a wider range of books and not every book is going to be written for people like you.
The truth is I would guess that many, many of today's developers and computer professionals started out with a Teach Yourself or Dummies book, that doesn't mean these same people would necessarily find one useful today... people grow, but there are new people interested in learning as well.
BTW... Another bit of info that an informed person would know... Sams and Que and Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall (opposite ends accroding to Above posting) are all part of the very same company (Along with a few others!)