If nothing else, this might push efforts to improve Linux drivers for the trackpad, magic mouse, etc.
Personally, I think I'll be abandoning Macbooks now, just can decide what to use as a replacement The HP Envy's seem to have the screen quality and sold-metal body that I've grown to love, but I've read about problems installing Ubuntu on then. What's a developer to do? <http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/envy/envy17.html> On 21 October 2010 09:25, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote: > On 10/21/10 10:17 , Spencer Uresk wrote: > >> >> 2) I'm kind of with Casper on this - how does Apple continually get >> free passes for stuff like this? I'm not really a huge Microsoft fan, >> but if they were to try something like this, people would be going >> crazy. I don't think the Mac AppStore is a bad idea, but the level of >> control one company could have over your computing experience is a >> little scary. >> > ... especially considering that now the AppStore for Mac OS X is just > another way to install applications... maybe in Apple's plan there's the > idea of making it the _only_ way (as you said, there's a sort of convergence > to the iOS style). Looks like it's really time to move on? Too bad Linux on > the desktop is being declared dead by some, including Gosling: > http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/desktop_linux_the_dream_is > > > -- > 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] > > -- > 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. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
