Comments for Bob's World http://clickware.com/bobsworld Take a look (if you dare) into the twisted mental melee that is Bob Cusick... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on Redefining FUBAR: Oracle ADF by john http://clickware.com/bobsworld/2008/05/10/redefining-fubar-oracle-adf/#comment-1264 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:55:24 +0000 http://clickware.com/bobsworld/2008/05/10/redefining-fubar-oracle-adf/#comment-1264 FUBAR is the best definition I've read so far for Oracle ADF. It's really fucked up beyond all recognition. FUBAR is the best definition I’ve read so far for Oracle ADF. It’s really fucked up beyond all recognition.

]]> Comment on Vista Cluster = Mac + Linux Adoption by Administrator http://clickware.com/bobsworld/2007/07/17/vista-cluster-mac-linux-adoption/#comment-1238 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:34:26 +0000 http://clickware.com/bobsworld/2007/07/17/vista-cluster-mac-linux-adoption/#comment-1238 Hi Michael - thanks very much for your comments. I agree that part of the appeal of the Mac OS (and basically ALL Apple products) is that they have a "closed loop." They control all the bits - and that's a good thing in the sense that they have products that work very, very well - and look sexy as hell. However, the "closed loop" concept tends to piss people off over time. Like - why can't I just upload my own iPhone apps to my server - why go through iTunes? Like - I don't really like Apple (or anyone else for that matter) telling me what I can and can't do. It's definitely a double-edged sword. I applaud Apple's efforts - and love their products. I also love Ubuntu Linux - because it lets me do whatever I want. Perhaps that's the point: different OSes for different types of users. Choice is a great thing! Thanks again for your opinion! Hi Michael - thanks very much for your comments. I agree that part of the appeal of the Mac OS (and basically ALL Apple products) is that they have a “closed loop.” They control all the bits - and that’s a good thing in the sense that they have products that work very, very well - and look sexy as hell.

However, the “closed loop” concept tends to piss people off over time. Like - why can’t I just upload my own iPhone apps to my server - why go through iTunes? Like - I don’t really like Apple (or anyone else for that matter) telling me what I can and can’t do.

It’s definitely a double-edged sword. I applaud Apple’s efforts - and love their products. I also love Ubuntu Linux - because it lets me do whatever I want. Perhaps that’s the point: different OSes for different types of users.

Choice is a great thing! Thanks again for your opinion!

]]> Comment on Vista Cluster = Mac + Linux Adoption by Michael Clakre http://clickware.com/bobsworld/2007/07/17/vista-cluster-mac-linux-adoption/#comment-1237 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:41:56 +0000 http://clickware.com/bobsworld/2007/07/17/vista-cluster-mac-linux-adoption/#comment-1237 I think you are missing the point of what makes Apple Mac a stable and successful platform. The hardware and the software on a purchased Apple Mac are made by one company, Apple Inc. This offers greater software/ hardware integration. The Mac OS is optimised for the hardware that Apple Manufactures and vice versa. The reason why Windows does not offer this is because Microsoft are making a 'cover-all' OS for a vast home computing market. Furthermore, Microsoft have often given false minimum requirements to get Windows out into the market, installed on budget machines that actually are not geared up for running such a bloated and poorly built operating system. Sorry I feel like I have digressed a little. Apple have attempted this 'unbundling' of their OS in the past with the Macintosh Clones manufactured by Motorola and UMAX, to name a couple. Fortunately this ill-conceived project was brought to an end. Yes, if it continued then Apple could be in the position that Microsoft are today but then we would have the same old problems that we have on the Windows PC platform. The viruses, installing drivers at every turn, incompatibility issues, manufacturers making budget hardware that barely runs the OS.... I could go on. I hope this is all enough food for thought. I think you are missing the point of what makes Apple Mac a stable and successful platform. The hardware and the software on a purchased Apple Mac are made by one company, Apple Inc. This offers greater software/ hardware integration. The Mac OS is optimised for the hardware that Apple Manufactures and vice versa. The reason why Windows does not offer this is because Microsoft are making a ‘cover-all’ OS for a vast home computing market. Furthermore, Microsoft have often given false minimum requirements to get Windows out into the market, installed on budget machines that actually are not geared up for running such a bloated and poorly built operating system. Sorry I feel like I have digressed a little.

Apple have attempted this ‘unbundling’ of their OS in the past with the Macintosh Clones manufactured by Motorola and UMAX, to name a couple. Fortunately this ill-conceived project was brought to an end. Yes, if it continued then Apple could be in the position that Microsoft are today but then we would have the same old problems that we have on the Windows PC platform. The viruses, installing drivers at every turn, incompatibility issues, manufacturers making budget hardware that barely runs the OS…. I could go on.

I hope this is all enough food for thought.

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