Aha - another hackintosher, like myself, then. (some of mine are real Apples, some are not). (The ipad is). I like open source because it's free, but I also like pirated software for the same reason. Beyond that I find the whole open source thing a bit quaint and pointless. I'd rather have something well designed and usable, and in principle, that's what I pay apple to do - to do my thinking and deciding for me because that's what they're supposed to be good at. Having said that, I'm typing this in Linux, which I always have at least a machine for, and usually take a Linux usb drive or two with me in case I have to use a foreign computer. I just get impatient with the open source prevalent attitude toward not regarding usability and proper project management of the releases matching the documentation (if any) as important. But then, if there's no competitive commercial drive, that's what you get - at worse, a hobby, at best, a mimic. Except now and then, there's something truly innovative that pokes out of the sea of copycat hobby programs - really worthwhile game-changers, such as the high profile open source projects like Firefox; Open/Libre Office; KDE (which I don't use, it's confusing, but I respect its disruptive innovation). Hugin is of course another project I'm always keen to point out to people I interact with.
On 19 October 2011 17:08, Harry van der Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Definitely no flame towards you but my point of view about the apple app > store. > > I have no personal experience with the appstore for Apple and that's > because I'm completely against it for a couple of reasons: > - You have to register and logon. No free access like in the google market. > Apple (big brother) is watching you. > - It's completely focused (not restricted) to closed source, commercial > software. > - You have to comply with all kinds of Apple restrictions (like no flash > for iPad and so on). Hugin is about free open source and going where we want > it to go. > - app store is only available to snow Leopard and newer: No Tiger and > Leopard, still 20% of the Hugin users. > - We have to go through an acceptance test by Apple. As such this is not an > issue as it safeguards the users for faulty or even malicious software, but > it slows down our progress. > > > For development builds it is (off course) not suitable, but that's obvious. > > > As a side note and maybe off topic: I used to be a complete linx user but > since 2007 I'm a great fan of the MacOSX operating system (but still using > linux). I'm fully against all kind of closed source, closed company > initiatives Apple further has. I will never buy an ipad, iphone or ipod. > It's so completely against the open source character > > kind regards, > Harry > > > > > 2011/10/19 Ian Tindale <[email protected]> > >> I know nothing about "Windows", having never used it in my life. I didn't >> realise they had such a concept - last time I used an IBM PC clone it was >> running a green screen text monitor. I'm talking of course about the app >> store on my normal computer. >> >> On 19 October 2011 10:21, Gnome Nomad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ian Tindale wrote: >>> >>> There is a fourth option though. Obviously of the ones you mention, the >>>> installer is the main option of interest to most people, but increasingly >>>> there's the 'app store' mode of obtaining software. >>>> >>> >>> "Appstore"? Oh, you mean that commercialization to work around the lack >>> of a package management system in Windows? ;-) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gnome Nomad >>> [email protected] >>> wandering the landscape of god >>> http://www.cafepress.com/**otherend/<http://www.cafepress.com/otherend/> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. >>> A list of frequently asked questions is available at: >>> http://wiki.panotools.org/**Hugin_FAQ<http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx+unsubscribe@** >>> googlegroups.com <hugin-ptx%[email protected]> >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/hugin-ptx <http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Ian Tindale* >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. >> A list of frequently asked questions is available at: >> http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > -- *Ian Tindale* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
