I would note, though, that some of the best open-source software either Keeping him on a Mac, notably projection and fast resume-from-sleep. Bray breaks down his list into things that would already make itĮasy for him to switch, things that are sticky, and things that are Question, “Is it time for me to switch?” in Tim Bray and Ted Leung, whoĪre both prominent Mac users and serious open-source evangelists as Jumping-up-and-down ranters in the comments box. HeĪlso makes the fair point that extinct data formats are much more easilyīut this wasn’t just a two-person conversation, plus a bunch of Mark Pilgrim responded with an exhaustive list of all the times that, inįact, his data or code were broken by Apple, starting in 1983. And if, like Mark Pilgrim, you are extremely worriedĪbout open formats and open source code, OS X cannot be the best Now, that’s my facetious shorthand for saying thatįor each user there is a best operating system, and that it is not Gruber seems to believe, as I always have, in the relativism of Who is switching from a Chevy Tahoe to a Toyota Prius that he’s not Reverse-switcher that his new UI is not as good is “like telling someone Gruber makes the neat analogy that reminding the Openness for a better and more intuitive user interface, but notĮveryone does. Reduced to a quick punch: he thinks it’s worth exchanging a little
He is, as always, an excellentĪnd level-headed analyst, and his take on Pilgrim’s argument can be Recognize some of the screaming, angry vitriol in the comments on
When Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords became an independent in early 2001 may Representative or senator, or the head of your political party, Many from Mac users who sounded angry and betrayed by the loss of a Some get it, some don’t.Ībout as soon as he posted about this, the feedback started flooding in, Despite all their emphasis onĬontent creators, Apple has made it clear that they do not share I’m creating things now that I want to be able to read, hear, watch, Offered to restore from it… except that it didn’t restore any of myĪforementioned metadata, so it’s not really a backup, is it? “A” for Of the irreplaceable metadata was stored in an undocumented binaryīlack hole. Well-thought-out interlocking “smart” playlists. Once again, I lost all my ratings and about two dozen Similarly, I loved iTunes until my iTunes database got corrupted, That has its own problems, and in my case it wasĪlready corrupted by the time iPhoto noticed. Keywords, and albums because that information is stored in an IPhoto database got corrupted one day, and I lost all my ratings, Replaced with open-source alternatives? I loved iPhoto until my Wanted open data formats and open code, and Apple has a history ofĪnd what about those wonderful Apple programs that I haven’t Him, but a software decision: as an open-source enthusiast, Pilgrim Walked out without buying a new computer, and instead had bought a PC, So on June 2, when he announced that he’d walked into an Apple store and Might not have had the kernel of an idea that buying one was the right I wouldn’t say that I bought my first Macīecause of Pilgrim’s writing, but I think it’s fair to say also that I Whose collection of software and writing was highly influential to a Pilgrim was a longtime Mac power-user and hacker, and an early blogger, That only that kid from high school could. Platform to Ubuntu Linux on a Lenovo ThinkCentre made the kind of waves Mark Pilgrim’s highly publicized switch this month from the Macintosh That he’d given it up-packed up his bags, and moved on? You’re still doing whatever it is that kid did.ĭo you remember being surprised, a little startled, when you found out He was friendly, and he made a point of suggesting thatĮveryone start doing it. Photographer, or a painter, or a writer, and just made it seemĮffortless. Remember that kid you knew in high school, the one who started playingīaseball or soccer or football when he was in elementary school and keptĭoing it until he was a starter on the varsity team? Or maybe he was a
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