NO MORE ADOBE ON MAC
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- sparker0
ah, nLHB, but you have a choice. pc's don't *have* to run windows.
on that note, mac's don't have to run osx.
:)
- Jaline0
Many people prefer PC's over Macs. Just in my own experience, anyway.
- rabattski0
most apple users don't know anything about their computer as opposed to pc users?
haha.
i worked part time at an isp helpdesk.
i helped both mac and pc users (2 mac/pc versus 25 pc)
i can guarantee you that your average pc user is way more of a moron compared to the average mac user. seriously, i have had the dumbest people on the phone. 99% of them all pc related.
- nLHb0
true, i would love to get into learning a linux system
- ********0
you can't really generalize about users though, everyone is different running different apps and with varying knowledge of both hardware and software.
- rabattski0
btw, it's simple maths why pc's are more popular since ibm in it's early days allowed cloning and thus becoming a mass product versus the mac cunts who initially didn't allow it, later for a brief moment and again later on stopped it.
if apple would have allowed cloning from the start the whole world would be on freaking macs. i bet a $100 on that.
- nLHb0
if the whole world were on macs then all us mac users would get viruses and spyware! for now those bastards just target the mass produced and used pc's.
;)
- acescence0
um. i'm sorry, what???? you want to get a better education and make that statement again?
sparker
(Apr 20 05, 06:41)i've worked in and consulted on the design of over 30 professional studios including Sony and ABC television here in NY, and i stand by my statement, thank you.
- nLHb0
you can't really generalize about users though, everyone is different running different apps and with varying knowledge of both hardware and software.
JazX
(Apr 20 05, 06:49)EXactly
- rabattski0
osx is waiting to be targeted btw by virus makers etc since it's *nix based and a bit more open / common than it used to be.
- rabattski0
you can't generalize but there is a certain average critical mass of stupidity there somewhere.
- fate_redux0
Adobe support for the Linux platform is about the best news we could ever fucking hope for. You have a FREE, super-stable OS and increasingly cheap hardware. If software-performance is up to scratch, you have a much more hard-core PC user base.
- mrdobolina0
it's about time that apple's proprietary ways bit them in the ass a bit.
- Jaline0
Apple is becoming a little too pretentious for me.
Other than that, I don't have problems with using either system.
- nLHb0
it's not about fashion though, macs work and if something works who cares if it's pretentious or hip and trendy at the moment?
- ********0
Virus makers are waiting to bomb the sh*t out of Macs. Whether it be adware, spyware, trojans of some sort, etc.
- Jaline0
i guess i do. i have this *thing* with items are that super trendy.
- rabattski0
ahuh. since apple rotated it's apple logo on the post pismo powerbooks i have a hard time thinking different. but woo yay that the profits are going up due to the ipod and that at least is good for the continueity of apple. now if they would rotate the logo back as how it's supposed to be i have faith in it again. untill then i seriously have problems justifying the incredible high prices vs. usability.
- nLHb0
i know macs are going to get shat on with viruses in the near future, and that makes me cry myself to sleep everynight :(
- sparker0
clear channel and cumulus (and i know this to be true since i work there) both use pc. i know for a fact the ap and abc news are pc environments.
sorry, i never take the word of a consultant at face value, man. pull you dick out of the g5.
anyway, i digress....
adobe support for linux is great news. but it will be quite a while before a usable product is released.
besides general development issues and constraints, adobe would have to decide how to approach licensing.
if they use gpl'd code, then they have to release their code under the same license. if they write everything from scratch, then they can license it however they choose.
and, we need to keep in mind that while open-source doesn't mean "free from cost" the linux community takes oss very very seriously. a back-lash wouldn't help adobe's cause.
adobe doesn't have to give away their code or their software. plenty of linux software actually costs money. and, nothing in the gpl says you can't charge for your product. but, you have to give the code away and allow subsequent releases by third-parties if so.
i see a need for closed source on linux. it is the only way linux will grow into a mainstream os. i prefer the oss culture. but, i can see the otherside.
honestly, what adobe should do now is organize and support the GIMP project. offer small bits of code to it and offer it up as a free and open alternative to their photoshop.
like red hat does with fedora. novell does with suse and netware. etc.