From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2005-04-01T08:00:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Respect and Disappointment

From: "Stephen Kellett" <snail@objmedia.demon.co.uk>
>
> Identify the statement that isn't true. Overpriced: Lots of others have 
> given examples. The other two statements are facts.

Disclaimer: I develop on Windows, OS X, and Linux... All
three have characteristics I like, and dislike...

It's true Macs ship with a one-button mouse.  But I have a
two-button Logitech w/ scroll wheel hooked up to the Mac
here... both buttons + the scroll wheel are functional.
(So if one can afford $15 for a third party mouse, the one-
button thing is a non-issue.)

Regarding the degree to which Macs are a proprietary 
system: I do like that their operating system core is Open
Source.  I think that's pretty cool.
( http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/darwin/ )
( download source:
  rsync -vL "darwinsource.opendarwin.org::darwinsource/10.3.8/*.tar.gz" ./ )

So to me that makes OS X significantly less proprietary
than Windows.  (At least as far as software goes.  Maybe
you were referring to hardware.)


In any case, ..... MY AMIGA CAN BEAT UP YOUR ATARI-ST !!!

Just kidding,

Regards,

Bill