> now at least, for me the user choose the os... for me is osX. So it's > unfortunate, for me but I will have the choice of playing "roulette > russe" with gv_sig or going to a more secure gis.
Or to actively promote and support gvSIG on Mac OS X to make sure that it lives on and prospers. That's how open source software works. Best, Ben > > Maccel > Le 10-10-21 à 18:04, Simon Cropper a écrit : > > > Hi All, > > > > On Friday 22 October 2010 2:23:16 am Chris Puttick wrote: > >> what then? > > > > My son has been using a iMac for several years and resisted moving > > away from > > the computer and its operating system for all the wrong reasons > > (i.e. vendor > > lock in with iPhone, iTunes, etc). > > > > Recently he moved away from his iPhone and now only use iTunes and > > comparable > > music related products. > > > > Faced with an operating system that only allowed Apple products and > > one that > > in recent times is just getting slower and slower (a bit like > > windows XP and > > Vista was doing a year or so back), I convinced him to move to > > Ubuntu (well he > > really convinced himself as I have been nagging him for sometime. > > The pivotal > > point was when he saw me log on and open a program on my machine in > > seconds > > compared to minutes on his). > > > > After backing up his system (2-3 hours), it took less than one hour > > to set up > > the base system in Ubuntu. He is enjoying the OS, the 'free' > > software and > > lightning fast OS (at least compared to OS-X). > > > > Where to from here? Move your iMac to Ubuntu. You won't be sorry. > > > > I know it sound drastic but it really isn't. > > > > P.S. It's funny how things are not apparent until they hit you in > > the face. My > > son, while looking at the various movies he had downloaded to > > iTunes, asked me > > how he could view these files as they were in a proprietary format > > that could > > only be read by Apple software. He was livid that he could not view > > these files > > using other software as he had paid good money for these movies. > > After a bit > > of searching we were able to find a conversion routine written in > > Open Source > > that could convert the apple movie format to a more commonly > > encountered and > > used format. > > > > -- > > Cheers Simon > > > > Simon Cropper > > Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd > > PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020 > > P: 03 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437 > > W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional > > _______________________________________________ > Gvsig_internacional mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional > ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
