DSS can also serve MP3, according to its FAQ. And although the FAQ doesn't mention it, I think you can use DSS to serve RealMedia and other formats as well.
As for OpenPlay, maybe they finished it.:-)
Apple released Darwin as open source in order to help Mac OS X developers who are interested in understanding and possibly closely integrating with the OS. They're also hoping to get some free maintenance and development. Anything else, like a benefit to community relations, is gravy.
Nobody uses Mac OS X for its ideological purity. But it is pretty darn open for a commercial desktop operating system.
It seems to me that that's the only way Apple could move to x86. It's a tired refrain at this point, but once again, they make their money on hardware sales, and if they went head-to-head with Microsoft by going to a software-only model, they'd get eaten alive.
Exactly what they're doing. No, it's not a strategy that's going to let them take over the world. I doubt that there is any such strategy.
If Apple gave away all of their software, what would they sell? The hardware? Give me a break. It's nice hardware, but PC hardware is faster and cheaper. Of course, it is worth something to be free from 20 years of questionable architecture decisions.
NeXT actually violated the terms of the GPL -- something about restricting distribution of their version of gcc -- and the FSF had to threaten them with a lawsuit to get them to play fair.
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd
Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.
A corporation is accountable to no one but its shareholders -- and the accountants have helped the executives make a mockery of even that constraint. But even in theory, a corporation is never accountable to the public, which is what the organization that manages namespaces must be.
You're probably right, but only because so many things that ought to be illegal aren't.;-)
If investors were willing to be deceived, managers were more than willing to oblige them. So why blame investors -- for that matter, why blame managers? The system provided incentives to stupidity to both groups.
When I referred to structural problems, I meant in the economy, not in individual companies.
It's not just CPU -- encryption costs memory too. Anyway, nothing I'm using is too slow to spare the cycles and memory. But I know that there are people still using 486s and slow Pentiums.
It's not necessarily sensible to encrypt non- sensitive material. There's a performance cost, a risk of future unreadability, there's the key- distribution problem, and of course the difficulty of making everyone's implementation compatible.
There are good reasons to encrypt everything, too, I'm just saying it's not black and white.
Don't be an idiot. You can use your Crucial RAM and generic LCD screen with a Mac. I just bought 256 MB of RAM for an old iMac for the princely sum of $42 -- from Crucial.
iTunes is useful for anyone with CDs and some hard drive space who wants to turn their computer into a smart jukebox.
I guess that's not you, but it doesn't require iPod, digital camera, or video camera.
I think it's good for kids to create stuff, and they like to do that sort of thing. So digital editing for schools makes a lot of sense to me. My fifth-grade class performed The Mikado, and I imagine it would have been pretty cool if we could have filmed it and made a DVD from it. I think kids should know that DVDs don't have to be made by Hollywood, they can be made by people too.
I think Microsoft is probably pretty well aware that the dynamics of hardware markets are different from those of software markets. They're not exactly ignorant of microeconomics over there in Redmond.
Apple's not forcing this stuff down anyone's throat. I agree with you that people who run schools should weigh the costs and the benefits. But that's their responsibility, not Apple's.
I think it's pretty clear that this is meant to boost OS X at the expense of OS 9. I don't see why that would put a bad taste in your mouth.
If you're just saying that this shouldn't be viewed as philanthropic, then I agree wholeheartedly. If I ran the IRS, Apple would be allowed to write off the cost of the materials, but not the retail value of the software.
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DSS can also serve MP3, according to its FAQ.
:-)
And although the FAQ doesn't mention it, I think
you can use DSS to serve RealMedia and other
formats as well.
As for OpenPlay, maybe they finished it.
Apple released Darwin as open source in order to
help Mac OS X developers who are interested in
understanding and possibly closely integrating
with the OS. They're also hoping to get some free
maintenance and development. Anything else, like
a benefit to community relations, is gravy.
Nobody uses Mac OS X for its ideological purity.
But it is pretty darn open for a commercial
desktop operating system.
It seems to me that that's the only way Apple
could move to x86. It's a tired refrain at this
point, but once again, they make their money on
hardware sales, and if they went head-to-head
with Microsoft by going to a software-only model,
they'd get eaten alive.
> Well, what will further that goal, then?
Exactly what they're doing. No, it's not a
strategy that's going to let them take over the
world. I doubt that there is any such strategy.
If Apple gave away all of their software, what
would they sell? The hardware? Give me a break.
It's nice hardware, but PC hardware is faster and
cheaper. Of course, it is worth something to be
free from 20 years of questionable architecture
decisions.
You're not quite right there. The BSD personality
contains a lot of code from FreeBSD. So there's
FreeBSD in the Darwin userland and kernel.
I'd call it NeXTStep-based before I'd call it
FreeBSD-based, but both are accurate to some
extent.
NeXT actually violated the terms of the GPL --
something about restricting distribution of their
version of gcc -- and the FSF had to threaten
them with a lawsuit to get them to play fair.
% perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd
Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.
> accountable capitalist corporation
*blink*
A corporation is accountable to no one but its
shareholders -- and the accountants have helped
the executives make a mockery of even that
constraint. But even in theory, a corporation is
never accountable to the public, which is what
the organization that manages namespaces must be.
At least major world governments are accountable
to their citizens. Who are the BoD of ICANN
accountable to? Apparently the staff. Hrmph.
What the hell does any of this have to do with
the corruption and self-dealing that plagues
ICANN, of which this move is a sign?
Well, I learned it so I could write scripts on ;-)
open platforms.
In French they say "pour encourager les autres".
Oh, and another newsflash: not all email processing
is done on full-sized computers. On the smaller
PDAs, cycles count.
Newsflash: not everyone lives in the U.S. and
has $200 to spare.
You're probably right, but only because so many ;-)
things that ought to be illegal aren't.
If investors were willing to be deceived, managers
were more than willing to oblige them. So why
blame investors -- for that matter, why blame
managers? The system provided incentives to
stupidity to both groups.
When I referred to structural problems, I meant
in the economy, not in individual companies.
That's commercial? Anyway, they're not a serious
enough competitor to successfully bring a dumping
action. They'd be laughed out of court.
It's not just CPU -- encryption costs memory too.
Anyway, nothing I'm using is too slow to spare the
cycles and memory. But I know that there are
people still using 486s and slow Pentiums.
It's not necessarily sensible to encrypt non-
sensitive material. There's a performance cost,
a risk of future unreadability, there's the key-
distribution problem, and of course the difficulty
of making everyone's implementation compatible.
There are good reasons to encrypt everything, too,
I'm just saying it's not black and white.
The law against dumping is intended to protect
against unfair competition, generally of the
foreign variety.
Who but Apple sells operating systems for the Mac?
Don't be an idiot. You can use your Crucial RAM
and generic LCD screen with a Mac. I just bought
256 MB of RAM for an old iMac for the princely
sum of $42 -- from Crucial.
> Other than preventing their current K-12 teacher
> customer base from eroding, I can't see what
> this will gain them.
I think that's exactly the point of this promotion.
iTunes is useful for anyone with CDs and some
hard drive space who wants to turn their computer
into a smart jukebox.
I guess that's not you, but it doesn't require
iPod, digital camera, or video camera.
I think it's good for kids to create stuff, and
they like to do that sort of thing. So digital
editing for schools makes a lot of sense to me.
My fifth-grade class performed The Mikado, and I
imagine it would have been pretty cool if we could
have filmed it and made a DVD from it. I think
kids should know that DVDs don't have to be made
by Hollywood, they can be made by people too.
I think Microsoft is probably pretty well aware
that the dynamics of hardware markets are different
from those of software markets. They're not exactly
ignorant of microeconomics over there in Redmond.
Your larger point is well made, but note that this
program is only useful to those who've already
invested in Macintosh hardware.
Apple's not forcing this stuff down anyone's
throat. I agree with you that people who run
schools should weigh the costs and the benefits.
But that's their responsibility, not Apple's.
I think it's pretty clear that this is meant to
boost OS X at the expense of OS 9. I don't see
why that would put a bad taste in your mouth.
If you're just saying that this shouldn't be
viewed as philanthropic, then I agree wholeheartedly.
If I ran the IRS, Apple would be allowed to write
off the cost of the materials, but not the retail
value of the software.
OS X runs fine on G3-based machines, even some
of the older ones. Sometimes you have to add
memory though.