I just read this article on Open Source apps vs. Mac apps and was a little surprised with it’s core argument. That core argument, in my estimation, was that OS apps are thought of as functional but free with little thought given to actual polish (esp. with regards to UI\HCI concerns) and that Mac apps [...]
Tonight something spectacular has occurred. Out of boredom and that innate computer geek desire to tinker, I decided to reinstall Mac OSX as it has been broken for some weeks and I’ve not cared enough to bother with it. I booted the OSX install disc and ran Disk Utility. I locked the portion of the [...]
Wow. I can’t believe I’m hearing this. This is good. This is why we talk. The idea that Apple software is less hackable than Open Source is patently false. See this: http://techsearch.cmp.com/blog/archives/2006/03/yourre_busted.html?loc=security_and_privacy#more or this: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/index.php?p=255 Also, in terms of feature development\innovation you should have a look at Beagle (http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page) which came out before Spotlight. You [...]
Apple is in the middle of quite a stock options scandal at the moment and is one of 80 companies under investigation by the SEC. This comes a quite a wretched time too since what is arguably Apple’s largest annual conference\convention\hypefest occurs from August 7th-11th. The stock scandal itself revolves around 5 million questionably handled [...]