[Ti] 10.5.3

[Fred]

Wrong forum?


> From: David Stodolsky <david.stodolsky at socialinformatics.org>
> <titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ti] 10.5.3

>> From: David Stodolsky <david.stodolsky at socialinformatics.org>
>> Date: 30 May 2008 19:09:52 GMT+02:00
>> To: Trevor Jacques <Trevor at Videlicet.com>
>> Cc: MacOS X Server List <macos-x-server at lists.apple.com>
>> Subject: Re: STOP FEEDING THE TROLL! Re: 10.5.3: Server Mail gets
>> even worse, kills incoming SMTP
>> 
>> 
>> On 30 May 2008, at 18:32, Trevor Jacques wrote:
>> 
>>> Evidently, there are two main camps in the Server community: those
>>> who only intend to use what's under the hood; and those who see
>>> Apple's marketing and documentation about a GUI above all the Unix
>>> stuff and expect it to work as documented. Many times on the e-mail
>>> list and the discussion list, I've seen the 'under the hood'
>>> community humiliate the GUI community for having the gall to expect
>>> the product to work as advertised and documented. It's a rather
>>> unpleasant sight.
>> 
>> Apple has effectively abandoned the small user, that is, anyone not
>> prepared to pay $6,000 / yr for a support contract. Unfortunately,
>> they have continued to market as they have before. As I and others
>> have pointed out, you can't believe anything coming out of Apple
>> about Server at this time. This marks the start of the decline of
>> Apple, which will hit Mac OS X client next. Actually, it already has
>> with a drop in quality and the outsourcing of repairs. The iPhone/
>> iPod and AppleTV is where Apple is now innovating. We can see some
>> of the new stuff being retrofitted to the Mac OS after it is stable
>> there. Apple is a consumer electronics/phone/media giant now. Server
>> doesn't have much of a role in that picture. When client is no
>> longer important as a media platform, we can expect it to start its
>> slide out of existence.
>> 
>> This List is populated by at least one arrogant know-it-all, who
>> seems only able to maintain his self esteem by heaping shit on
>> anyone not up to his 'standard'. Beyond this is a number of people
>> who have invested their careers in Mac Server and must reject any
>> criticism of Apple, no matter how justified it is. The fact that
>> Apple continues to market to the new user as a point-and-click
>> product that "just works" and that some of these people appear on
>> this List, since it is the only place where any support of Server
>> occurs, seems to be a fact they continue to ignore.
>>