Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “Microsoft != Gates” That is a legal distinction, but who was seen in the deposition videos during the discovery phase of the antitrust case? It wasn’t a person called “Microsoft”" - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – From “http://twitter.com/iamacyborg” “generally making an arse of myself” Your words, not mine." - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “I don’t see how the courts allowing a Jewish boy to attend a Jewish school constitutes the UK soon following Sharia” http://www.open...anglican_future" - Victor Panlilio

"I wrote: “you don’t usually spend a lot of time at a desk or sitting down” Unlike me, typing away and getting a fat butt!" - Victor Panlilio

"@Anand – “Does not mean much to a farmer in rural parts of the developing world who needs a computer simply to know the prevailing crop prices” You don’t need a personal computer for that. Even a basic internet-connected non-smartphone will suffice. In the US, some low-income folks use an iPhone as their primary computer because of its versatility and because when you’re, say, a janitor, you don’t usually spend a lot of time at a desk or sitting down. http://www.pcwo..._to_iphone.html" - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacuqes – “what you’re saying is that Bill Gates should adhere to your Catholic, pro-life beliefs” What is the antonym of life? Death? So the opposite of pro-life = pro-death. Hey, we need more dead babies! Bring it on! Boo-yeah! (Note: Adoption is NEVER a viable option) Meanwhile, the UK will soon be under Sharia. http://www.guar...ief-rabbi-sacks" - Victor Panlilio

"@Roman – “The reality is that most people have been using PCs running Microsoft operating systems for the past 25 years.” Indeed. I currently own two PCs, one running XP and another Win2K3 Server. And I ran the Win7 beta in a Parallels VM on a MacBook, but these days I’m more inclined to run Ubuntu 9.10 in VirtualBox." - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “Isn’t he allowed to spend his money that he earnt in a manner which he chooses?” Is Bernard Madoff allowed to spend his money that he earnt in a manner in which he chooses? You seem to forget that Microsoft was convicted of being a predatory monopoly by US Federal Courts." - Victor Panlilio

"@Pete – “Go away.” Don’t worry. I will. Eventually." - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “Nikon do let you use Canon lenses, you just have to get an adaptor.” Does this adapter preserve the connections so that you still have full AF and i-TTL functionality using wireless stobes, or is the functionality deprecated? I seem to recall that Nikon manuals also contain stern warnings about possibly voiding warranty when using non-Nikon accessories. Installing MacOS X on a non-Apple computer is also technically feasible, but unless the non-Apple HW is identical spec for spec, some functionality may be deprecated as well. The point is, Apple’s OS, like all other non-free software, is distributed under specific terms and conditions. We may not like the T&C’s, just as we may not like Windows Product Activation, but If we do not agree to the T&C’s, we should not use it and should consider open source as an alternative." - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “Well yes, not letting people install OS X on non Apple machines does create a monopoly.” If so, then Nikon not letting me use Canon lenses on a Nikon SLR also creates a monopoly. Faulty analogy based on flawed premises." - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “Whereas you do nothing” Except banish other people’s ignorance?" - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – “Is there something wrong with Bill Gates not considering an unborn foetus to be a life?” Why, yes. When you have a lot of money and power, you can do a lot of good…or harm. With great power comes great responsibility." - Victor Panlilio

"@Richard – about connections, also see http://news-ser...e15/jobs-06... “Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating. None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac..." - Victor Panlilio

"@andrew – I type really fast, and I know how to use Google really well. Oh, and I read. A LOT." - Victor Panlilio

"@Al – “Where the hell do they get all their misinformation?” The same place all lazy ignoramuses do." - Victor Panlilio

"@Richard – “However, do you really, really believe that you can credit Steve Jobs in the SLIGHTEST for the invention of the www because Tim Berners-Lee used a computer he made?” If you knew more about the history of NeXT, you might grasp the connection. You may not recall this, but the NeXT was a “scholar’s workstation” (as Jobs put it), designed for rapid development of innovative applications – “tools for the mind.” If you do’t like reading books, I suggest you watch some of James Burke’s TV show “Connections” to understand how to make relevant connections http://en.wikip...ki/Connect..." - Victor Panlilio

"@Richard – “You seemed like an intelligent person” Yeah, appearances can certainly be deceiving." - Victor Panlilio

"http://www.thea...ndex.php?id=648 Gee, that was easy." - Victor Panlilio

"@Jacques – http://www.yout...MPuQ&fmt=18 @Terri – Jobs was adopted. Duh. Connect the dots – if you are capable of doing so. By calling me a moron, you have already lost the argument." - Victor Panlilio

"@Rocky – “not only did Apple outright steal Xerox’s GUI” Uh, not quite. http://tinyurl.com/yrc2a “This essay was written by Bruce in 1996, and is reprinted here with his permission. Bruce was one of the main designers of the Macintosh software, and he worked at Xerox for years before that, so he’s uniquely qualified to discuss their relationship”" - Victor Panlilio

"@Steven – from the article linked to above: http://tinyurl.com/yrc2a “As you may be gathering, the difference between the Xerox system architectures and Macintosh architecture is huge; much bigger than the difference between the Mac and Windows. It’s not surprising, since Microsoft saw quite a bit of the Macintosh design (API’s,sample code, etc.) during the Mac’s development from 1981 to 1984; the intention was to help them write applications for the Mac, and it also gave their system designers a template from which to design Windows. In contrast, the Mac and Lisa designers had to invent their own architectures. Of course, there were some ex-Xerox people in the Lisa and Mac groups, but the design point for these machines was so different that we didn’t leverage our knowledge of the Xerox systems as much as some people think.”" - Victor Panlilio

"@Charlie – better yet, read http://tinyurl.com/yrc2a and try to keep an open mind, k?" - Victor Panlilio

"Don’t forget Limewire, Kazaa, BearShare, BitTorrent…" - Victor Panlilio

"@Roman – “Now, if Apple can convince developers not to develop on other phone platforms or they’ll be dumped from the App Store” That would be about as retarded as insisting to major record companies they can’t sell MP3s on Amazon or else they’ll be booted from iTunes. I’ve tried to understand the App Store approval process, which is (to some extent) broken, but it also makes sense if the App Store is viewed as an online mall – there are certain shared amenities and the tenants have to pay rent, but they don’t have to worry about heating/cooling/utilities, or undesirables setting up kiosks that detract from their storefronts. It may be fine to say that sans a gatekeeping function, any developer can upload any app for sale, and buyer beware, but when a poor quality app borks a phone, Apple will still be blamed even if it posts disclaimers about its limited liabilities. If I go to a luxury resort hotel and find out there are smelly, unkempt vagrants roaming the halls, how will I feel..." - Victor Panlilio

"@Dj – “how this article asked what if he had not returned to Apple and not how great NeXT was” Another, far more insightful person than yourself observed that “NeXT was Apple in exile” because MacOS X is the direct descendant of NeXTStep. http://en.wikip...g/wiki... In other words, “Apple” today is “NeXT reborn” and if you want to bring Kevin Bacon into this discussion, you’ve already lost the argument." - Victor Panlilio