Re: Tiger

[Gerald Wilson]

Sorry, got to echo Peter's view. Operating Systems (like small 
children) should be seen and not heard. Logically, there is no a priori 
reason to believe that newer is better. Experientially, there is ample 
evidence that newer, being more complicated, is often worse. The makers 
of OSs (like Apple) have taken on the job of flogging us new versions - 
which we don't really need - at regular intervals, in order to generate 
business revenue. What we might need - and probably would pay happily 
for - is new or improved applications which are compatible with our 
existing operating systems and equipment. But that's not the commercial 
game at the moment.

Long-term, the present cycle of upgrade software, upgrade hardware is 
not sustainable. I mean literally not sustainable, in the environmental 
sense. On a finite planet, you can't keep on for ever trashing stuff 
which works. But it will be a while before this harsh environmental 
reality overcomes the present and unsustainable global economic model. 
Personally I think we'll have killed ourselves by killing our 
environment before that happens, which will mean another species gets 
its turn. Nanobots, maybe.

GWW
On 25 Mar 2005, at 19:45, Dennis Descoteau wrote:
On 24-Mar-05, at 5:56 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 23, 2005, at 8:00 PM, Dennis Descoteau wrote:


I was just repeating what I read on the various Mac sites. Something 
about a flurry of new builds that would possibly indicate the 
imminent release. Besides Apple would never fib or procrastinate on 
a major release ;-} as opposed to Mickeysoft.
And they're not fibbing or procrastinating. They said "Sometime in 
the first half of 2005", and by gum they meant it. ;-) Me I'm being 
pessimistic, and guessing they'll release it to coincide with WWDC.

Bruce Johnson
Hi Bruce. We all really appreciate your input to this group. I'm an 
optimist on the other hand. 21 days and counting. The reason I asked 
about Tiger is that I like new. OS's anyway. I assume they are better 
than the previous one. I do the updates as soon as I am notified as 
opposed to waiting to see if someone reports bombs.
And I probably will do Tiger when Ryan does his magic.
Dennis

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