> > And please don't insult Macs. > >Why shouldn't I? I use one every day, and believe me, if I could, I'd >throw that POS right out the window!
Strange, I have four of them and want more. > > BZZZZT! Wrong! Well, right if you were only using the AT&T server. >> But ChromiVNC is a *lot* more flexible than that, kapiche? > >Another thing about Macs - their users are mostly rude and arrogant. Not >only do they say things like "BZZZZT! Wrong!" "Rude and arrogant" am I? There are plenty around who would (and do) say the opposite. They'd also probably see you in that light instead. >they go around stealing >Free Software code by pretending they wrote it, then charging an >outrageous fee for it. If you mean the BSD kernel in OS X, I suggest you read the BSD licence - it's specifically designed to allow commercial use of the code. All you have to do is acknowledge the original sources, which I see no indication of Apple trying to cover up (they even use "BSD UNIX kernel" in public-facing advertising). Most of the cost of OS X is made of Apple's proprietary technologies, which are layered neatly on *top* of the kernel, where they should be. >Don't get me wrong - there are plenty of nice Mac users, and some of >Apples new stuff (like OS X and the iPod) looks really sweet, but I >still say that the average Macintosh (An iMac running OS 9.1 or so) >locks up constantly, is incredibly slow, and still has laughable >multitasking - in other words, it SUCKS! "Locks up constantly" probably means you have an Extensions conflict, or a buggy application. Deal with it. "Is incredibly slow" is probably caused by much the same things too. "Laughable multitasking" ... well what do you expect, based on a 1984 OS that didn't do multitasking *at all*? That's exactly what OS X is supposed to fix, and has done so very well. If you think Win9x has better multitasking or protected memory, think again. I could tell you a few horror stories about how poorly 9x is implemented, but they're so technical you probably wouldn't understand them. FYI, my Macs usually last at least a week between reboots, unless I'm coding on them. That's under MacOSes 8.1, 8.6 and 9.1 (mostly depending on the age of the Mac), with quite a number of Extensions loaded and a heavy usage pattern. I have only once had to do a fresh reinstall of a Mac due to corruption - counting 4 Macs over several years' use - compared with regular monthly reformats on Win98SE (I use 95B where Windoze is installed at all, for mostly that reason). All this is old hat anyway. Both Windoze and the Mac are moving forward, away from the old DOS and System 7 legacies. Even their new identities are inferior in many ways to Linux and *BSD, although MacOS X comes the closest with it's BSD kernel and draws ahead in certain areas such as the GUI. You should certainly not trash the Mac based on it's old image. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
