Posts by John Bailey

Rough guess...

The manager who proposed it has an iPad, or was told to check out tablets, and only looked at iPads.

Or..

Laugh in their faces, and go elsewhere. Like any sane company would do.

Ahhhh..

We can but dream.

It isn't.

But Arguing with a fanboy is like arguing with a Scientologist.

Sensible, rational, you must be new here..

You misunderstand the tone of the preceding comments. You are supposed to hate Adobe, because they said non enthusiastic things about the precious.

It is apparently everybody's job to accommodate Apple, not the other way round. You are supposed to sit in front of a Mac, look at the OS, and with a single tear rolling from your left eye, whisper "beautiful"... Before turning it off so you can get on with some work.

Obviously it is far better to handle things like Apple did with that video editor update a few weeks ago, that removed major functionality for the parishioner's own good, and meant that that they had to either downgrade, or redo lots of work.. I mean, who doesn't like surprises.

Seriously though..

Adobe's actions are SOP... New update to OS, publish a list of problems and fixes where possible. Nothing new, nothing unique to shinyland. Honestly, why is it even news? Every responsible vendor takes measures to accommodate a major OS update, and they do tend to cause problems. Windows service packs even merit advisory notes sometimes.

Update where possible, advise newer versions where needed, and publish a list of potential problems, so two days before a deadline, when some designer is pouting because his Mac is not running the very latest bestest shiny from the one true OS.. The IT department can grab him by the scruff of the neck, and get him to read out loud, the reasons why the software he needs to do his job will not work if he does the upgrade. And re read it until he stops demanding that he have the most up to date iCrap possible.

Personally, I don't see why Adobe bother. An option to switch licenses for free, an announcement of pulling out of Apple's playground, and job done. It's not as if there are any credible competitors to Photoshop.. And somehow, I get the feeling OSX's days are numbered. Two platforms, I'm sure is a world of hurt.

Yep

99% of iFanboys make exaggerated criticisms of Flash, cos they can't use it.

And when somethoing hits the fan, everybody gets dirty.

So because we can't get all offenders at once, we must get none eh?

Sounds suspiciously like "FOR GOD'S SAKE.. DO NOTHING"..

Of course the other tabloids at the very least, are not blameless. And I'm sure the more "reputable" rags are not much better. But the objective is to gather proof, and prosecute the ones that have been found guilty. Not to end journalistic corruption in one fell swoop.

Nope..

But do feel free to try again.

Aw sweetie

Is it because I snickered at the joke?

Close..

But I think we may need a much bigger sample to be absolutely sure.

Oh give it a rest.

We get it, you like Apple..

Now go back to bragging about market caps and user experiences, and leave the grown-ups to talk.

Nope.. Sorry

Fanboys don't do humble pie.. They do revisionist trifle. With a nice side order of panicky redirection.

They "just work", except when they don't. In which case, everybody is expressing unrealistic expectations, cos "nothing works perfectly all the time"... And when other manufacturers have problems, nobody says a word.

Other gems include.. "every phone has a death grip problem".

Nobody wants cut and paste,

nobody wants 3G,

nobody wants a second mouse button.

Until they become available on the holy objects that is.

Umm.. Slight correcton..

If you are distributing via a repository.. then yes. You need RPM/DEB what ever. Just as you need the relevant file type to download an Android or iOS app. Centralised repositories are like that.

And with open source software, not a problem. The distro maintainer handles it, or the users set up their own repos. We are after all, talking about open source based OSs. Not really set up for all the closed source stuff. Why should they be. Different business model.

But user or distro created packages of paid for software would be a bit tricky to reconcile with per seat licenses. Eh?

A repository for each program would get very awkward very quickly too. Totally impractical. And providing the source is obviously out of the question..

But that is only install method 1.

Install method 2 also turns out to be unsuitable. Releasing the source code is not practical.

Which is why you use install method number three.. The one that nobody seems to talk about. Outside those of us who actually use Linux that is.

Pre compiled binaries. The Aspirin to your distribution headaches.

Download and uncompress a tarball, type "./install.sh", and it goes into a set-up program, asking you where you want to put it, and what working directories you want to use etc. Just like Windows really. I assume they could make a network wide, or multi user install, so long as they put the config files in home.. Perhaps even have an uncompressed version on CD that just runs when you pop the disk in the drive. But auto running tends to be frowned upon, so they would have to know how to make a file executable at the very least.

The old "Buuuut you have to make a different exe for every distro.. " chestnut is about as realistic as complaining about not being able to mount a USB key. Basically, a depreciated stick to beat Linux with. .

Realistically, no reason why someone couldn't wrap a Linux program up in all kinds of lovely phone home DRM, and demand a key disk and license number be typed in if they really wanted. None of that is actually down to the OS on Windows either.

And before the next old wives tale pops up. No prohibition on closed source software running on Linux. It's not going to catch GPL.

Try decades..

I can remember "app" sections in computer software ads nearly 30 years ago. As opposed to "games", and "utils".

If I still had my old ZX81 boxes of cassette tapes that were sorted in a selection of shoe boxes, you would see the boxes labelled Apps, Games Utils.

It was also commonly used in small ads at the back of computer magazines, because you were paying per letter, and abbreviating them was cheaper.

Paris, due to her attempts to trademark a common phrase..

Well obviously...

Sunshine and lollipops like they always have.

Which would be a great comeback...

If it wasn't for the fact that this is a story about IIS. Not desktop Windows.

Linux on desktops.. Agreed.. Pretty small. A few percent tops.

Linux on servers.. Different story.

Windows on servers.. Not as common as you think.

Windows desktop OS running servers.. Is that even possible?

And given the number of windows installs of all kinds, including business, with quite frankly horrific security practices that have never seen a single Windows update.. I'd be very careful with that AV stone in your glass house.

That was quick..

"I suspect that if you ask Joe Bloggs in the pub what "Third Party Software" means and why this concept is important to the Ubuntu installer, the most likely answer would be "WTF?""

And I suspect if you asked him a similar Windows related question, you would get the same answer.

Your point?

Most people don't understand how to use a computer. Never mind set one up from scratch. So the situation does not arise. Because for any computer related task, they call a friend who knows a bit, or they bring it back to the shop, and get it sorted there.

Mainstream Linux.. Who cares. It works, and it works well. Software is plentiful, compatible hardware is plentiful. And massive amounts of energy are not wasted making it idiot proof.

Simple. They can't.

Like all Apple boosting stories, it's high on gushing, low on substance.

A second bumper year for iPad.. Perhaps. Personally, I'd say they have peaked already, if not, then this year.. But a third is doubtful. 4th.. Not very likely at all.

Meanwhile all the big and small makers will be chipping away steadily until it goes from Apple selling more tablets than everybody put together, to Apple selling more than any one maker(providing you only count the 9 inch ones in the same price bracket), to "well.. Apple is just one company, you can't really expect it to compete with all the dozens of other brands".. Until finally, we get the market cap argument again, assuming the share price is not down significantly by that time.

The curse of Jobs will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again. A year or two at best.. Five years.. Dream on..

Nope..

Just providing the rope for them to tie themselves up in knots..

Have you seen the fanboy fury? I swear some of them are so furious they can hardly see to type.

If you want a dig at apple, just mention the Pown2Own contest, Apple first out again..

Hmm

Now where have I heard that name recently...

Oh yes.. An article on one of the gadget blogs yesterday where he said he was thinking of moving back to England... Gizmodo I think..

And if that means quitting Apple.. So what. The guy has something like 130 million to his name. He never needs to lift a finger for the rest of his life.

After reading your comment, I think I understand why. Imagine a talented designer working for a company where every design decision is credited to an arrogant picky salesman with poor dress sense, and nobody is allowed to give constructive criticism without getting jumped on by a whole shrill of fanboys. Must be frustrating, when your next great design doesn't fit in with the company image, so it can't be explored.

Perhaps he got sick of shiny minimalist crap and wants to design something cool.

Now you know what you have to do.. If he leaves Apple, he is a heretic. Must be shunned. So the designs he has already done can't possibly be his, and he is stealing the credit from the real design genius.. The Steve.