Apple's bait & switch
2010-10-27 18:42:06.994919+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Anti-news: Mr Blog: Apple’s great Mac OS X bait and switch, on the sudden deprecation of Java on the Mac.
Apple baited me, and a lot of us Linux and UNIX developers, with the charm of a real UNIX OS underneath – more or less everything one gets with a typical modern Linux distribution simply by opening a Terminal window – while being wrapped in a nice modern GUI supporting tons of “mainstream” Apps, like MS Office and Adobe Photoshop. No more dual-booting. No more firing up a Linux VM to do development. It was glorious, while it lasted…
Speaking of which, anyone checked back with Always Innovating recently? The forthcoming Smart Book looks like it might be a completely usable device out of the box...