Monday, August 05, 2002

They love Apple, but why?. Is it me or is it weird that so many open source purists, people who swear by it, argue it to death, and would die for it, seem to like Apple, which isn't open source? Maybe I'm missing something. Or maybe it makes sense, if you need to charge for the software (so you can pay the engineers, for example), to hold on to the source. Hmmm. Sorry. ";->" BTW, open source was a vestige of the dotcom mania. Sure, you can do anything with free money, but that's over, for good (fingers crossed) so let's get real, okay? Thanks.  [Scripting News] What draws me to Apple and to Linux is the same thing -- it is the feeling the feeling that the operating system has exposed to me the power of the underlying computer.    I don't feel like the computer has been swaddled in some proprietary interface that limits me to doing the things they think I should want to do.    Mac lust is a recent thing for me (after a bout with it in the 80s...).    I now have the sense that they see what I want my computer to be.  It started with all the bundled apps (e.g. iMovie) and it continues with the incorporation of a real kernel and the Unix tools into their OS.    All of which resides in a ubiquitous and consistent UI and includes all the standard office apps.  Best of both worlds. Open Source has nothing to do with it.  I'm still trying to work myself up to price. As for the Open Source being a vestige of the dot com era -- Open Source precedes .com's by a decade or more.   Turning code into a product carries with it all sorts of extra baggage that, for many people, makes it undesirable or uninteresting.  There will always be people who write code and share it -- to be kind, to get help from others, to get recognition, etc. 10:21:55 PM

No double-dip recession on horizon-Treasury official. iWon Aug 5 2002 8:52PM ET [Moreover - Economics news] ... but... Recession concerns cause shares to slump. Irish Examiner Aug 5 2002 8:27PM ET [Moreover - Economics news] ... and... Recession fear as US stockpiles oil. Electronic Telegraph Aug 5 2002 7:57PM ET [Moreover - Economics news] 8:39:11 PM

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Michael Mussington sent me a great lin on TiVo modifications. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 12:28:39 AM