Donald Keenan wrote: > Hi folks! > Anyone like the column at wired.com called "Cult of the Mac" as much as > I do? > What with all the Jaguar talk, I thought the following might interest > some of you out there. At least those who like to tweak the OS a little. > http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,55395,00.html > Donald > >
This article is so full of half-truths and misleading statements it would be funny, except that people are saying it's proof that Apple wants to control everything. There's a long, contentious discussion of this over on Slashdot, but bluntly, it's Greg Landweber complaining that he can't easily do 'Kaleidoscope for OSX'. OSX is supremely 'tweakable'; what isn't (as easily) tweakable is the Aqua interface. Apple is no more 'closing the OS' than they're making our Macs boot into Windows... They lie that the API's involved are not available to developers. They're there in Libararies/Private. They're even documented to a large degree. What Apple *doesn't* guarantee is that the next upgrade wont' break things dependent on those libraries. That's why they're there in Libraries/Private instead of Libraries/... This is largely what Apple has *always* said, since the advent of the Mac: there are API's and interfaces that Apple has said 'Don't use this, it'll break in the future.' What the people in the articale are complaining about is that they're using these libraries, and Apple's breaking them without telling people. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
