well, I was just about to buy new hardware so it looks as though apple is off of the table with this news.
Kirk On Oct 21, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Kevin Wright wrote: > 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? > > > 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]. > 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. -- 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.
