2011/10/19 Ian Tindale <[email protected]> > 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. > > > I'm not a hackintoscher. I'm on a macbook pro. I don't use pirated software. I use the MacOSX apps (and pay for the updates if relevant), open source software and a few paid apps. I used hackintosch on my other laptop for a very short period, just because of the technical fun of it, now it's 100% ubuntu again (or lubuntu or opensuse or netbsd or fedora or reactos or whatever interests me at that moment).
I'm not only for open source and I don't think that in general open source is less than "well designed and usable" commercial software. I'm on apple and on macosx as I like it very much. I just don't like apple's other "principles". Harry -- 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
