On 3/27/01 9:58 AM, "Steve Sell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The thing I don't under stand is how someone can want something "new" and at
> the same time want it to be exactly the same.
There's a difference - just because something is made 'new' does not mean
that it needs to completely change, for the sake of changing. A classic
example is always cars - they come out with new models, with new features
all the time. But do they change the placement of the pedals? The way the
steering wheel works? There are variations, and there have been significant
changes in automobiles since the Ford T, but over the course of use, these
changes have been gradual - hence you can pretty much get into any new car,
and know how to drive it.
An OS, IMO, should be the same way - it should not stand in my way of using
it, and most of all, if it claims it's a progression of an existing
methaphor and environment, it should provide consistency more than just in
lip service.
I'm serious, but if OS X where the OS I had encountered when I first
encountered the Mac, I would not be using a Macintosh today (I'd probably
also be relatively miserable today).
on 3/26/01 9:14 PM, Timothy Bates at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It is amazing no? I love that element: the feeling of genuine core stability
> is GREAT! Inestimable.
I concur, but you are just talking about a feeling, right? You don't really
have any significant proof of that core stability, right?
Allow me to illustrate - I also run several of my servers with Linux. They
work well. They don't slow to molasses and freeze up during simple
operations. Heck, I can even format drives, and floppies while performing
other tasks. I should be getting the same, if not better performance from a
PowerPC G4 machine than a Pentium/AMD K-6/450, should I not?
> 2. The mere notion of being able to run a full-on RDBMS, webserver, and
> embedded scripts. It is like: we are ALL as powerful as Amazon now. Every
> one of us.
So, again, this is just cherishing a theoretical possibility, correct?
Technically, this is a pretty silly thing to say (even though I understand
where you're going with that), but I hardly think that possessing similar
processing abilities than Amazon makes you as 'powerful' as them. Anyone can
buy a dozen SUN boxes - few people can do something useful with them.
Granted, a philosphical issue, but still...
> 3. Finding nifty NeXt legacy items like RBrowser with the shelf
I'll be the first to admit that gaining access to significant numbers of
outdated legacy NeXT apps is a fun thing to have, albeit having access to
significant amounts of GNU apps is a lot more significant and useful.
Again, OS X shows great potential, and it certainly is useful right away to
a certain niche demographic, but it is far from useful for the mainstream.
For starters, Apple better start cranking on giving us a functional Apple
Menu, than the useless bone they threw us - morons!
Harry
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