[X4U] Apple dumping OSX....

[Eugene]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:58:01PM CST, Dominic <dibarra at mindspring.com> wrote:
: On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Dominic wrote:
: >
: >Not sure if this article has made the complete rounds, I know that  
: >Dvorak is a long time Apple hater, but there has to be some fire to  
: >this smoke? What has me most concerned is Adobe's decision to  
: >postpone Intel version of their Apps until 2007. That kills the  
: >Printing and Graphic industries in one stroke.

The story is that Adobe doesn't want to spend resources porting
CS2 to MacTel.  This makes sense because there's a fair bit of
AltiVec code that cannot be "ported" to Intel and instead must
be re-written from scratch.  So Adobe prefers to commit their
developers to CS3.

: Sorry, not an experienced poster!
: 
: Here is a link to the article. (PC Mag, John Dvorak column).
: 
: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1923151,00.asp

Back in the day, John Dvorak was an Apple fan.  Then he left.
In recent years, he's came back to sorta cheer on Apple.  But
I think the years of negativity have reduced his status to that
of a moronic pundit.  What kind of brain-dead idiot could come
up with the scenario that Apple drop OS X completely, replace it
with an Mac-ish GUI that runs on top of Windoze, then just sell
high-end Windoze PCs + the Mac-ish GUI app???  To wit:

> > > Apple has always said it was a hardware company, not a
> > > software company. Now with the cash cow iPod line, it can
> > > afford to drop expensive OS development and just make
> > > jazzy, high-margin Windows computers to finally get beyond
> > > that five-percent market share and compete directly with
> > > Dell, HP, and the stodgy Chinese makers.
> > >
> > > To preserve the Mac's slick cachet, there is no reason an
> > > executive software layer couldn't be fitted onto Windows
> > > to keep the Mac look and feel. Various tweaks could even
> > > improve the OS itself. From the Mac to the iPod, it's the
> > > GUI that makes Apple software distinctive. Apple
> > > popularized the modern GUI. Why not specialize in it and
> > > leave the grunt work to Microsoft? It would help the
> > > bottom line and put Apple on the fast track to real
> > > growth.

A meal is delicious because the ingredients are chosen for
freshness and quality, the cooking techniques are executed
perfectly, and the recipe itself is reliable and tested.
Covering a pile of cow manure with chocolate frosting does
not cover up the obvious fact.  Nor will a slick GUI cover
up for underlying systemic pervasive Windoze design flaws.


-- 
Eugene
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/