Analyzing Apple’s Market Position
I have to friendly argue about the OSNews article about Apple: "Could an eMac Strategy Bring More Market Share to Apple?" That article is written from the Computer enthusiast point of view rather from the business man point of view, which usually diverges from the hobbyist, because it considers things that nobody that is not in the Marketing business is aware of. I understand Marketing as defined by Kotler: the right mix of Price, Product, Place and Promotion.
Macintosh in the Land Behind the 64-bit Looking Glass
The Inquirer has an editorial about Macs, the 64-bit market and how they compare with AMD Opteron.
Interviews:Thomas Chung of LinuxInstall, Gael Duval of MandrakeSoft
OSForge interviews Thomas Chung, the founder and developer of the LinuxInstall.org distribution while MozillaQuest interviews Mandrake's founder Gaël Duval about MandrakeSoft's current financial status and MandrakeClustering.
Getting to Know Debian
Introduction article to the Debian GNU/Linux at Sitepoint.com.
FreeBSD First Open Source OS to Support 802.11a and 802.11g
Sam Leffler has added 802.11a and 802.11g support in FreeBSD-Current. Sam says that the 'ath' drivers support all Atheros devices, making FreeBSD the first open source OS to support both standards.
Are HP, Sun, and Oracle Destined to Flame Out?
In a recent interview with CNET Asia's Winston Chai, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen said that several venerable computer companies are on a downward slope. Are HP, Sun, Oracle and other the next DEC? Read the editorial at Tech Update. Our editorial on the subject is here.
JAMD: Your Neighbor’s Distribution
The Tux Team just published a look at the JAMD 0.0.6 distribution. "We continue our look at rpm-based distributions with JAMD 0.0.6, the latest release from Jim Lucha. It is his third release in less than one year. Each release has focused on the personal desktop experience for users who wish to use Linux but who are not interested in the details of learning Linux; such as compiling software, editing configuration files, and customizing the environment. In other words, this distribution is directed toward your neighbor." Full article at TuxReports.
My Secret Life as a Linux User
"To us at PC World HQ in Auckland, there seemed nothing different about Geoff as he seamlessly exchanged documents and email with our Windows/Intel PCs. But inside his Wellington home office, things were anything but business as usual as Geoff tried his luck with a Windows alternative (Linux), a Microsoft Office alternative (OpenOffice.org) and even a whole new platform (Apple). Here are notes from his new life beyond Wintel." Read the article here.
More Amiga OS 4 Screenshots; Fleecy Moss Q&A
Some new Amiga OS 4 screenshots are here while session 13 with Fleecy is up too.
Yes, there are USB Drivers for DOS
Miracle-driver from Panasonic does the unthinkable, The Inquirer says: there are USB drivers for DOS.
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Preview
MacNet2 holds a full preview article of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and screenshots here.
Running Linux with Office XP: Is it Ready for Business?
Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. That all just changed, ZDNews says.
Group Claims Linux Advance on Xbox
A group of Xbox security researchers say they've found a way to run the open-source operating system on the game console without using a so-called mod chip.
Roadmap for Java 2 (J2SE) 1.4.2 and 1.5
The release of the beta version of Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.5 (J2SE 1.5) is just around the corner. A recent session at the 2003 JavaOne Conference provides a roadmap.
REBOL/View Desktop Now Open Source
REBOL Technologies recently released the source code for the REBOL/View Desktop to promote open source development of future versions. The Desktop module is the default user interface displayed when REBOL/View is started. The Desktop is essentially a non-web-based Internet browser that provides a simple method for users to execute REBOL applications distributed across systems the world over.
Download Windows Debugging Symbol Packages
If you are a driver/system developer and need the entire set of symbols for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000, then you can download a symbol package and install it on your computer. The symbol download packages are listed by CPU type (x86 and Itanium) and build type.
Mono 0.25 Released
A new release of the Mono runtime and SDK is available for UNIX and Windows. Packages for various distributions are also available from our download page. Many new things have been improved, implemented, fixed, and tuned from the last release. The team at Ximian has been working on three areas to pass the tests provided by the SourceGear team. Elsewhere, dotGNU has made big progress.
iChatAV/iSight Mirrors Video: Bug or Feature?
Apple released the iSight, a $149 firewire camera, a few days ago. I've been using it the last few days with iChat AV (I was one of the lucky ones to receive an iSight for free at WWDC) and I must say that the quality is great, much better than my other $40 Creative WebCam Pro camera I have on my PC (using it with MSN & Y! on Windows and with GnomeMeeting under Linux). Just tonight though, I found a quite funny bug in it (in my opinion) and I thought I share this with you and hoping that engineers at Apple will read this (lacking a bugzilla at Apple's site).
Editorial: Could an eMac Strategy Bring More Market Share to Apple?
Many would argue that market share is not the same as user base. But it doesn't ultimately matter. What really matters is to have as many users as possible, so it will attract more developers and create an actual "market" around the platform. Less users, less money flowing, less third party development, which ultimately leads to the death of a platform. I was reading today this and this editorials, even journalists now buy the "cheap PCs with Linux" deal. Apple has to wake up before is too late and should offer a cheap solution. Apple should learn from NeXT's mistakes, not duplicate them. Update: Look inside for one more idea by some of our readers.