Mark Shuttleworth:
Can we not only emulate, but can we blow right past Apple?
The problem with most Linux developers is that they want to make things because they are “cool” not because the regular Joe(target market for mass adoption) would find it practical. I doubt that well see anything that “blows right past Apple”, but I [...]
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Shuttleworth: Make Desktop Linux Better than Apple
Just got my Macbook Pro back!
After ten long days I got my Macbook Pro back from the local Apple Reseller/Service Provider. Right before turning it on, I upgraded the RAM to 4GB(it arrived Tuesday, and had to wait 3 days to install it).
During this last week I got a chance to use a borrowed* Macbook which I’ve always doubted for [...]
Mission: Eggcomplished (Mac everywhere!)
In an address to students in a Hungarian university, a disgruntled student threw eggs at Steve Ballmer(, Microsoft CEO(link).
The funniest part was not the egg hurdling, but the most beautiful sight there is: A student carrying a white Macbook at a Microsoft led speech. I think that was the big insult of the day!
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iPhone: the phone of the people
Since the iPhone was announced people have been criticizing all the different features or lack of and defended contenders like the Blackberry or N95. Apple has followed every single request and obeyed in promptly fixing everything:
-Price too high: cut after just 3 months
-No 3rd party applications: SDK announced shortly after, released in March and apps [...]
thebetaguy: Microsoft Windows 7 Exclusive
Dev Corvin from the beta guy claims to have an exclusive on Windows 7:
In Windows 7, Microsoft will break from the Windows’ norm by breaking previous API compatibility, offering new API frameworks as a native solution, and providing support for legacy frameworks (COM, ATL, .NET Framework, etc) through monolithic libraries designed to provide the functionality [...]
Unlike Facebook’s iPhone site, here is one you won’t see in a commercial soon
Playboy.com’s iPhone website just launched. Judging by the screenshot it’s more of a guy’s portal than a pr0n site.
Missing: Sports scores(hopefully Colombian Soccer) and games!
(Via TechCrunch.)
May-June Developer Conferences
Developers conference seem to pop up everywhere during the next couple of months. A multi-tech developer might want to go the the following hot conferences:
Start off on May 28-29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West for Google’s Web Forward:
Two days full of in-depth breakout sessions on the latest web technologies, Fireside Chats with Google engineering teams, [...]
Horray, No delay: Apple announces WWDC 08 dates
Apple is on track for WWDC 08 in June. No delays this year as had been perviously rumored.
(Via TUAW.)
Great customer service never rests: Apple Retails(obviously)
Andy Sack on his Apple Store experience:
I went to the Apple store yesterday. I was truly impressed. As I was leaving the store, I saw one of the employees there approach a customer leaving at the same time. The employee said, “excuse Mam, I’m one of the managers here and I noticed that you were [...]