Re: [backstage] Fwd: Slashdot| Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 19:26, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 18:57, Scot McSweeney-Roberts I don’t think _anybody_ claimed that Apple was “open”. Apple have, however, become far _more_ open than they were, and are continuing to do so. And I'd say they're about as closed as they ever were. Apple's most open products were the non Steve Jobs ones (the Apple II series, the Netwon and the Pippin had it been released). The Mac was at it's most open when SJ wasn't around, and the iPxxx series are all about making things even more closed. Do you actually use any Apple products or pay any attention to changes due to land in upcoming OS releases, or is your information almost exclusively based on news reports and anecdotes? I still use my Netwon. My powerbook has been sitting in a cupboard since it's power supply went. I retired my 4400 (running debian as a server) last year. I have another 8 Apples (a //e, a III, a Lisa and several Macs of various vintage) in storage. As an apostate apple fan boy I still find myself keeping up with what Apple are doing even though I have no intention of going back to the them any time soon. If you want Atom support, patch it yourself. And end up with what, a Darwin based BSD experience? In that case I'd save myself time and stick with FreeBSD. Scot - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Fwd: Slashdot| Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering
You've be forgiven for thinking this was a BBC list - what with all the postings about Apple and all - I know it's a bit OT, but apparently a British company (X2) are touting an 'iTablet' that looks to be anything but closed: http://bit.ly/dojyX9 Not a peep on news.bbc.co.uk - but I guess that's to be expected these days. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts bbc_backst...@mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk wrote: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 19:26, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 18:57, Scot McSweeney-Roberts I don’t think _anybody_ claimed that Apple was “open”. Apple have, however, become far _more_ open than they were, and are continuing to do so. And I'd say they're about as closed as they ever were. Apple's most open products were the non Steve Jobs ones (the Apple II series, the Netwon and the Pippin had it been released). The Mac was at it's most open when SJ wasn't around, and the iPxxx series are all about making things even more closed. Do you actually use any Apple products or pay any attention to changes due to land in upcoming OS releases, or is your information almost exclusively based on news reports and anecdotes? I still use my Netwon. My powerbook has been sitting in a cupboard since it's power supply went. I retired my 4400 (running debian as a server) last year. I have another 8 Apples (a //e, a III, a Lisa and several Macs of various vintage) in storage. As an apostate apple fan boy I still find myself keeping up with what Apple are doing even though I have no intention of going back to the them any time soon. If you want Atom support, patch it yourself. And end up with what, a Darwin based BSD experience? In that case I'd save myself time and stick with FreeBSD. Scot - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ -- You can't build a reputation based on what you are going to do.
Re: [backstage] Fwd: Slashdot| Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering
On 6-Feb-2010, at 16:17, Reverend Graeme Mulvaney wrote: You've be forgiven for thinking this was a BBC list - what with all the postings about Apple and all - I know it's a bit OT, but apparently a British company (X2) are touting an 'iTablet' that looks to be anything but closed: http://bit.ly/dojyX9 Not a peep on news.bbc.co.uk - but I guess that's to be expected these days. It is to be expected, given the only thing which seems to set the iTablet apart from anything other manufacturers are doing is the cheeky name. “X2 Computing has not yet revealed when the iTablet will be launched and when it will be available.” It’s Just Another Windows 7 Tablet™ Mind you, if it costs £250, it might well make a splash. The first Maemo tablets were news. The first iPhone OS tablet was news. The first Windows tablets were news (hello, Fujitsu Stylistic). The second and third-generation Windows tablets were news, too ;) More of the same… not so much. Plus, without even an expected launch date, it’s a whole lot of nothing. M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
