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== A belated welcome == | == A belated welcome == | ||
Glad to be interacting; I just hadn't run across your work before. | Glad to be interacting; I just hadn't run across your work before. | ||
Apropos of your userpage, is Mac OS really an attitude, or a world view? I tend to think of *NIX as an obedient slave, MS as a rebellious teenager always testing limits, and the Mac, to mix metaphors, marching really well to a very different drummer while on Really Good Drugs. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 16:56, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | Apropos of your userpage, is Mac OS really an attitude, or a world view? I tend to think of *NIX as an obedient slave, MS as a rebellious teenager always testing limits, and the Mac, to mix metaphors, marching really well to a very different drummer while on Really Good Drugs. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 16:56, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
:Thanks for the "belated welcome"! | |||
:I tend to contribute to projects like [[Citizendium]] and [[Wikipedia]] in (very) short spurts, with [[Special:Contributions/Caesar Schinas|long gaps in between]]. | |||
:I first contributed to CZ when it was first set up, but as there were so few articles online then I soon lost interest as it was no good for reading articles, only writing them. And I'm not a writer... | |||
:I only came back again today, so that'll be why you haven't come across me before! | |||
:Interesting comments regarding OSes... Two points : | |||
:* [[OS X]] is [[Unix]]-based; I suppose that means it's an obedient slave too...? | |||
:* Why, if [[Microsoft]] is always testing limits, did they let [[Internet Explorer|their browser]] stagnate for so many years??? Just think where the web could be now without a 7-year-old browser still around! | |||
:I switched to OS X from [[Windows]] XP a few years ago, and never looked back. Quite apart from the fact that the Mac just runs smoother and has (IMO) a nicer interface; it has a really strong developer community and a lot of great apps which Windows just doesn't have. [[Apple]] also provide all the software for developing OS X applications for free, and make it very easy to get started, which suited me as an aspiring programmer. | |||
:With the release of Windows Vista a lot changed. Despite all the bad press surrounding it, I personally consider Vista to be Microsoft's first decent operating system. They are all set to continue this new trend with Windows 7. | |||
:I'm not a Mac fanboy (oh, how I hate that word). No OS is better than any another for ''all'' people. I respect other people's choices of OS. But for me, the Mac is best - at least for the moment. | |||
:Nor do I particularly like [[Apple]] as a company. Or hate [[Microsoft]]. I used to; but recently Microsoft seems to have become more customer-orientated - whilst Apple has become less so. Things change. Pity. | |||
:So what is your OS of choice (and why)? | |||
:--[[User:Caesar Schinas|Caesar Schinas]] 17:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Thanks... == | == Thanks... == | ||
...for the edits to [[CZ:Myths and Facts]]. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 17:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | ...for the edits to [[CZ:Myths and Facts]]. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 17:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 11:55, 21 November 2008
Happy to have you with us! (Loved the grunt)Nancy Sculerati MD 22:26, 22 January 2007 (CST)
A belated welcome
Glad to be interacting; I just hadn't run across your work before.
Apropos of your userpage, is Mac OS really an attitude, or a world view? I tend to think of *NIX as an obedient slave, MS as a rebellious teenager always testing limits, and the Mac, to mix metaphors, marching really well to a very different drummer while on Really Good Drugs. Howard C. Berkowitz 16:56, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the "belated welcome"!
- I tend to contribute to projects like Citizendium and Wikipedia in (very) short spurts, with long gaps in between.
- I first contributed to CZ when it was first set up, but as there were so few articles online then I soon lost interest as it was no good for reading articles, only writing them. And I'm not a writer...
- I only came back again today, so that'll be why you haven't come across me before!
- Interesting comments regarding OSes... Two points :
- OS X is Unix-based; I suppose that means it's an obedient slave too...?
- Why, if Microsoft is always testing limits, did they let their browser stagnate for so many years??? Just think where the web could be now without a 7-year-old browser still around!
- I switched to OS X from Windows XP a few years ago, and never looked back. Quite apart from the fact that the Mac just runs smoother and has (IMO) a nicer interface; it has a really strong developer community and a lot of great apps which Windows just doesn't have. Apple also provide all the software for developing OS X applications for free, and make it very easy to get started, which suited me as an aspiring programmer.
- With the release of Windows Vista a lot changed. Despite all the bad press surrounding it, I personally consider Vista to be Microsoft's first decent operating system. They are all set to continue this new trend with Windows 7.
- I'm not a Mac fanboy (oh, how I hate that word). No OS is better than any another for all people. I respect other people's choices of OS. But for me, the Mac is best - at least for the moment.
- Nor do I particularly like Apple as a company. Or hate Microsoft. I used to; but recently Microsoft seems to have become more customer-orientated - whilst Apple has become less so. Things change. Pity.
- So what is your OS of choice (and why)?
- --Caesar Schinas 17:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks...
...for the edits to CZ:Myths and Facts. --Larry Sanger 17:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC)