Windows 7 More and More Like OSX

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superscaper wrote: »

Considering all our projects are currently developed for windows based clients and all the international standard systems we have to build to only run on windows and linux servers anyway I don't think we've left out anything. Plus since our company is currently rapidly expanding (and at my last 6 monthly review I got more than 10% pay rise) I hardly think we're doing things wrong. Our main customers aren't exactly affected by the credit crunch (at least they'd be the very last ones to be). To be honest it's more funny than anything that my boss considers any Apple product in the company to be "illegal" (his exact words) since in reality if we were to start using any Mac it would actually seriously disable our developing ability and cripple what our business does since we don't develop for Macs and I don't know of any organisation in our current client market that even uses them.

My boss hates Apple itself and wouldn't use OS X, that's not the same as saying we currently use our development OSes based upon that. It may be a logically subtle difference to some but it's an important one. Put it this way, if he absolutely loved Macs we'd still be using the exact same hardware and OSes we currently use. If he were to choose OS X to the detriment (in a software developer environment and with our main customers I think choosing a Mac would be business suicide) of the business simply because he likes them then that would be bad management. Everything we use is only used because it is the most effective to achieve our end product, no more no less. If there was absolutely any significant practical use or advantage in using a Mac etc in our company then I don't think our company boss would put the personal attitude we're talking about over finances of the company in all seriousness. So what is your concept of sound management and job security?

We're in the same boat, none of the projects we work on are for anything else but Windows and Linux. We have a few Macs dotted about, but I can't recall the last time they were used for anything more than letting a work experience person go on the net. We've not once been asked to develop anything for Mac's, so we're going to keep on going as we do, with good results.

Marty_J

Did anyone suggest companies developing software for Windows should switch to OS X?

Or am I missing something?

M4RKM

all my projects i'm working on are for mac/windows/linux, so without something that could run all three, i could be without a job...

P.S - Web Designer M

BillScarab

I remember GEM on my ST and also on some PCs at work.

Apple did sue DRI over GEM which was somewhat ironic as GEM was developed by people who had worked at Xerox and we all know where Apple got their initial ideas. If I remember correctly Xerox tried to sue Apple but left it too late so the case was thrown out due to the statute of limitations.

Leopard given the unholy mess that financial types have made of the economy choosing a finance director who has the prettiest legs doesn't seem like too bad an idea.

Marty_J

BillScarab wrote: »

Apple did sue DRI over GEM which was somewhat ironic as GEM was developed by people who had worked at Xerox and we all know where Apple got their initial ideas. If I remember correctly Xerox tried to sue Apple but left it too late so the case was thrown out due to the statute of limitations.

Xerox wouldn't have been successful suing Apple for the same reason Apple ultimately couldn't sue Microsoft; using a GUI was found not to be copyrightable in and of itself.

Apple were successful in suing DRI because GEM was almost exactly like the Apple Macintosh's GUI.

geordie458

No one can tell leopard anything!!

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fox2319

superscaper wrote: »

By the way isn't the devaluation of currency only really a consideration when buying in other currencies? I'm currently buying more stuff, cheaper than I ever have done.

<sigh>
Only true in as far as we can go without affecting the overall trade balance (i.e. the amount of stuff we buy from overseas versus the amount of stuff we sell there. All good in the short term but sadly economics for the country as a whole is never about that. :cool:

superscaper

fox2319 wrote: »

<sigh>
Only true in as far as we can go without affecting the overall trade balance (i.e. the amount of stuff we buy from overseas versus the amount of stuff we sell there. All good in the short term but sadly economics for the country as a whole is never about that. :cool:

Well I was being facetious. :A

DatabaseError

sweetstudent wrote: »

Not really a money saving thing, but has anyone noticed that windows is looking more and more like OSX, MS now have the dock and "peek", reminds me of preview, whats next coverflow, expose!!!!!! lol

But seriously, hope this windows is better than Vista!!!!!!

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