On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 11:12 PM, Rich Michaela wrote:
If Apple were smart, they would have called it 10.5 and marketed it
they
way they did 8.5. It would be a cheap upgrade for 10.1 users, and $30
cheaper than currently priced for new purchases. That would help
people
since everyone is pitching in with their rhetorical opinions, here's
mine...
First, numbering is irrelevant. The argument that I would have bought
it if it were 10.5, but 10.2 is not worth $129 doesn't make any sense.
Are the features provided worth it or not? That is all that matters. It
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Rich Michaela wrote:
Puneet Kishor wrote:
since everyone is pitching in with their rhetorical opinions, here's
mine...
An OS poll is a call for rhetorical opinions.
:)
Second, no one has to pay $129. The OS is routinely available for
anywhere between $79 and
On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 01:15 PM, Rich Michaela wrote:
when the stuff they write requires their proprietary HW to run. (If the
rumors of an Intel version are true that may change.
To begin with, I highly doubt that the rumors are true - a switch to IBM
as their preferred PPC
Erik == Erik Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Erik I just found this article in my ADC and figured I'd pass it along to
Erik the list:
Erik http://developer.apple.com/internet/webservices/applescripttoperl.html
Thanks for the promo.
And if you have any suggestions for anything else, please
On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 03:15 AM, Rich Michaela wrote:
I didn't find it worth it, so I didn;t pay for it. No forced
upgrade? What
do you suppose the chances for 10.1.6 are??? What this really means is
that I have to stay on the not quite done version of OS X until I am
willing
On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 03:40 AM, Chris Devers wrote:
The problem is, as is often the case, I for one am now eagerly looking
forward to 10.3, in which the host of new bugs with 10.2 are addressed.
The standard wisdom is that releases like 10.1 or 10.2 are *not*
bug fix releases,
On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 10:02 PM, Ken Williams wrote:
I agree with Puneet - you just have to figure out whether the amount
being charged is worth it to you. If it's not, then perhaps Apple
screwed up the price point relative to your situation. But that
doesn't mean they
On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 11:04 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Erik == Erik Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Erik I just found this article in my ADC and figured I'd pass
it along to
Erik the list:
Erik
http://developer.apple.com/internet/webservices/applescripttoperl.html
Ken == Ken Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ken Oh, was that you? I couldn't find an author name attached to the
Ken article.
no, but if you know where to look, you can get a pointer *to* the
article *from* my name in the list of authors.
Ken Are the articles in this series (like Morbus'
On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 08:04 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Erik == Erik Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Erik I just found this article in my ADC and figured I'd pass it
along to
Erik the list:
Erik
http://developer.apple.com/internet/webservices/applescripttoperl.html
Ken Williams wrote:
Then don't!
You must really work for Apple marketing, right? That's exactly the
attitude they are displaying, and in some ways always have. It is a
privilege for you to be able to use our OS. That's why we are in the very
exclusive 3% market share. That'll be an
It is a
privilege for you to be able to use our OS.
Hmm,
I wouldn't use this argument, since the reverse is just as flippant:
We at Apple have an obligation to give you free product upgrades, forever
I remember paying for OSX March, 2001 for $129. In September of 2002, I
again paid $129
The simple point of _all_ things is this:
Nothing, REPEAT, nothing is for free.
IF 10.2 is worth to you at whatever cost you get -- be it $80 or $130
-- then you will pay it. And if _NOT_ then it is not.
IF you have it INSTALLED then whatever you paid when you INSTALLED IT
is at a level you
You're telling me? By the way, I have two email addresses (work and home) in
case someone is getting confused.
On 09/20/2002 11:45, Puneet Kishor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Burris, Celeste Suliin wrote:
I agree with other suggestion. Unfortunately, not all firewalls/proxy
server are Mac (or
Okay, I followed the instructions at:
http://developer.apple.com/internet/macosx/perl.html
to the very best of my ability, and now I'm stuck.
As I read the instructions, I see:
If, after the installation, you get warnings about missing
symbols, you
probably have an old version of
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