On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Scott G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 14, 1:15 am, "David Estes" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I miss my Apple ][e... > > Amen, much easier to operate than a WinXP or Mac OSX machine. > Remember computers were supposed to get easier to use?, > Instead we get Ma Bells Unix in drag running on a box claiming to be a > Mac. > I have nightmares that in another 20 years we will still be dicking > with > etc/init.tab and smb.conf
I've had Mac, FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris machines at home, and use WinXP, Linux and Macs at work. The best thing about the Mac for me is that you never *have* to mess with conf files, but you have the full unix guts at your disposal if you want 'em. I've done a ton of tinkering with hardware and software, and have done this long enough that now i expect the tools to just work and let me get on with the job. It's interesting to think of computers and bikes in the sense of openness. I prefer the Mac by far, but i recognize that there are aspects of it that are strictly inaccessible, as compared to Linux. On the other hand, it's irksome to work on bikes and find that i need to track down some obscure part because of a different size or threading standard. The Mac situation is probably most like the Raleighs of the 30s-70s, where they used a different system than most others, but since they controlled the whole ecosystem the product worked very well as built. It's only when you try to customize and tinker that the limitations become troublesome though it certainly doesn't prevent tinkering. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
