Hi Lee, You're not trying to tell me that BBB is for elite "makers with self respect" only, while RPi is for everyone, are you? At university we have students using their own computers - running OSX, Windows and (very few) Linux. They all want to learn and they expect to receive help if needed. The labs do not have enough Ethernet points for them, so you see my interest in RNDIS.
I own MBP, not only because I think it is a quality product, but as well I need to test project on different platforms (for example nodejs webserver) I understand your frustration with Apple and possibly some people from TI should take the matter in their hands to solve it. The interoperability is very important and we need to accept variety of operating systems. There is a huge interest in embedded Linux platforms. The big advantage of BBB over RPi is that it is able to run out of the box with a single cable. Losing that for many people will lead into frustration and disappointment and as you can see moving somewhere else. Regards Jan On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 2:17:16 AM UTC+10, Lee Crocker wrote: > I think the original poster has a good point here: why do we bother > wasting resources trying to support OSX? No "maker" with an ounce of > self-respect would buy an Apple product. It's an inaccessible black box > totally controlled by the corporation, constantly changing, constantly > breaking compatibility with older models, all on yesterday's hardware at a > premium price. Apple clearly has no interest in working with us, so why > should we work with them? > > If you're the kind of person who wants to use a BeagleBone, get a real > computer (by which I mean Linux). "Driver"? What's that? Why do I need one? > It just works. Serial cable? Just works. Network? Just works. And even if > for some odd reason it didn't, I'd just dig into the source code and figure > out why and fix it myself. > > Yes, OSX + BBB is a disaster. But let's put the blame where it belongs. > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
