To be honest, Max OS is a little difficult to use for any new comer. The difficulty in getting Java for Mac was a real headache , not to forget the hardware..On the other side, the UI experience and some other fantastic features is excellent..Windows is nowhere near that..I frankly feel Windows is not for development, but onlty for home use..For development, use Linux..Mac needs some refreshments before getting to the level of Linux..
Java is platform-independent and yet we need a different installation for Mac OS..Clearly, we need to think of Windows and Linux for development work.. In my opinion, we need to understand our cons and pros before commiting to any of these ladies (I mean the OS systems :).. pun intended) here..You need to understand what they can offer and their specifications, and then find a good match of our requirements. Then you decide which platform is best for your work. Is it opossible that being open source has made Linux become more acceptable to developers and scientists for their work? I hope I got the correct message through..:).. Regards, Jitesh Dundas On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < [email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 6/8/10 11:03 , Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > > On the other hand, apple just released a brand new OS X. Back when > > microsoft hadn't released a new windows for about a *decade*, > > people STILL weren't calling windows abandonware, but apple gives > > it some slack for about 10 months year and this happens. Nuts. > > > > Don't get me wrong, I'm skeeved as heck that Mac OS X seems to be > > losing momentum. Android is a fantastic alternative for an iPhone. > > Windows, linux? Nope, sorry. There's no alternative for os x. As > > usual trying to inject some sanity into overly dramatic > > discussions. > > I have mixed feelings about that. I try to put myself in the extreme > (and rather irrealistic) situation of Apple dropping Mac OS X. From a > certain perspective, I must have Mac OS X because I must be able to > work with all the major operating systems, since it could be used by a > customer of mine. Thus, I must have a Mac. If Mac OS X disappears, > then even my need of having it disappears because I won't have > customer using it. > > For some common tasks such as email, posting, communicating, > developing code, Linux is fine and is better. For managing media, > presentations, my photos (excluding cataloguing, for which I use my > own software), Mac OS X is the best solution. But I suppose that in > extreme need I could manage my photo in a Windows box of Linux. So, > yes, Mac OS X it's better for certain things and if it's around I use > it; but I won't commit suicide if it disappeared. My end point is that > there is NO a really good and general purpose operating system around. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwOKTAACgkQeDweFqgUGxf/dgCffjqVMG9QarCFzVQETTr9YZn+ > zHUAniz3uVTX0Aaaqied/oEuBBGdirGY > =R8Ii > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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/javaposse?hl=en.
