Justin C wrote in
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In what way is OS X a closed
environment? You get free development tools with the OS, more than can
be said for Windows. Also, it's based on Unix, which is far more stable
than anything MS has produced so far ... and they've had plenty of time
and $deity knows how much money to throw at the problem. As a multi-
user
environment it's second to none, program install and removal is better
the MS, no registry to foul up, and no stray files around your system.


You said OS X. I said MAC. Apple has a long history of trying to keep
the hackers from developing software for Apple Computers that the company
sold. They used to go after them with lawyers. Has that changed?

Windows sucks. It always has. But, alas, Windows is the OS most of the
software is written for, not MAC, for the above reason. I'm not sure of
its current statistic, but It's probably 98 to 1?? You don't have to beg
to find 24 widgee programs for XP. www.tucows.com, www.download.com, and
a hundred others. "Do they make this for the MAC?", is the next question
the left-out MAC owners ask. I've seen it for years and years.

They finally came out with Skype for MAC. It's still in beta. It needs:

System requirements
Mac computer with G4 800 Mhz processor or faster.
Mac OS X v10.3.9 Panther or later.
512 MB RAM.
40 MB free disk space on your hard drive.
Microphone.
Webcam: suggested webcams include Apple iSight, Philips SPC900NC, or
Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000. Drivers for the Philips and Logitech webcams
can be downloaded from http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/.
Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice
calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection).

Why does it need X v10.3.9 Panter or later? What was wrong with 10.3.8
and before?? Why are so FEW drivers written that will work with the
cameras? Why doesn't APPLE come with drivers for every camera at Circuit
City...by default?? Why do I have to go to sourceforge hackers for a
camera driver? Why do only CERTAIN cameras work? Why is this not
supported or that not supported, every time you see some program ported
to a MAC? I buy a camera/USB anything or something for a Windows
computer...plug it into XP...it works, 99% of the time. I don't have to
ask will THIS camera work on a Gateway? What version of XP do it need
10.3.9 Panther or will v9.2.1 work?

I use this skype information as just an example. There's
thousands....why? Why doesn't MAC come with MAC drivers for every camera
produced, every hard drive, every mouse? Why?

Apple bull****....that's why. It's always been that way.

You asked......(c;

I ran LINUX on 2 computers for a long time. There ARE very good Linux
softwares, even ones never quite ready-for-issue. LINUX, itself, is
quite stable, but, of course, it helps if you're familiar with root
commands even if you have a working gui. LINUX, for example, expects to
find things in certain places. It doesn't PLACE them where it wants. It
expects YOU to know where to place them so it can find them...just as an
example. This makes it unusable to most computer USERS, who know little
about the OS, its quirks, its structure. They are USERS. They are also
car USERS. They know nothing of the cars ABS brake system. They are not
mechanics...or electrical engineers...or combustion engineers. They are
USERS...same idea.

Of course, LINUX suffers from the same thing MAC does. The softwares you
want are WINDOWS programs, 99% of them. No LINUX porting? No LINUX
operation unless you use PINE or some other emulator that just gobbles
resources doing the conversion. You gotta give Billy credit. He trumped
them with his crappy OS and it STUCK.

Larry
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BTW, I'm no Windows lover...at all! I use it because it runs the
softwares I want to use...just like everyone else.

Ok, back to boats....sorry for the intrusion.