On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:40 PM, John Callahan wrote:
Recently I had the temerity to ask what all the conversation about
"IS the world about to change ?" is and although I have read
thousands of comments about the subject failed to receive an answer.
Either no one knows or I have somehow done something to offend the
Lords of the Manor (I know that the ones formerly called "Nannies"
have a new title but don't remember what it is). Would someone
enlighten me please.
Short answer: No.
Longer answer: Yes, because the world ALWAYS changes.
What everyone seems to forget that this was a sneak preview of
features that were the splashiest. Apple got a load of criticism that
10.6 was short on features, even though it was a huge upgrade from the
standpoint of performance and internal, under the hood stuff.
This also represents a integration of iOS elements back into the Mac
OS. I predict that many of these features will be like Dashboard or
Spaces: some folks never run them, some folks couldn't live without.
(in my case: one of each...I never use Dashboard, couldn't live
without Spaces).
Apple moving to the App Store was a business no-brainer. The longer-
term implication that all the naysayers immediately leapt to is that
this will be the ONLY means of getting apps on the Mac despite Job's
explicit denial of that in the keynote neglects the reason for
exclusivity in the iPhone apps store: To make sure nothing can screw
up the basic phone functionality and to ensure that the iPhone doesn't
crash, something far more important in the limited resource
environment of the iPhone than the Mac.
Note: the iTunes store is NOT the only place to get video or music for
the iPod and iPhone.
And no, Apple is not going to reverse itself and backport to the G5's,
any more than Apple would back port OS X to the 68k (even though it
originally started there).
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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