Re: John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 21, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > The same with Windows, it's just DOS all dressed up and > not much else. Windows hasn't been "DOS all dressed up" since the advent of Windows NT. Win98 ME was the last version of Windows to be 'DOS based'. -- Bruce Johnson University of Ar

Re: John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-21 Thread Simon Royal
Doug Ditto :) Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: John Gruber gets it From: Doug Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 22/09/2008 01:23 On Sep 22, 2008, at 12:16 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > > Doug > > I&#

Re: John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-21 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 22, 2008, at 12:16 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > > Doug > > I'm no fan of Windows, but saying the latest is just a redressed DOS > is > understating it a bit. From the heady days of pre-Windows 98 where > everything needed drivers, XP and Vista is getting more Mac like in > its > ability t

Re: John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-21 Thread Simon Royal
Doug I'm no fan of Windows, but saying the latest is just a redressed DOS is understating it a bit. From the heady days of pre-Windows 98 where everything needed drivers, XP and Vista is getting more Mac like in its ability to cope with hardware using generic drivers built into the OS. You sh

Re: John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-21 Thread PeterH
On Sep 21, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > Oh great, another Apple blogger gets it. I'm thrilled. So what? Why > does it matter if anyone "gets it"? And just what is "it" by the > way? I for one don't really care what Apple does with it's OS X > software. Oh sure, it's a pretty new

Re: John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-21 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 21, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > > "But the concept reflects the actual business that Apple is in. Apple > does not sell operating systems. They sell computers. Microsoft does > not sell computers; they sell operating sys

John Gruber gets it....

2008-09-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
"But the concept reflects the actual business that Apple is in. Apple does not sell operating systems. They sell computers. Microsoft does not sell computers; they sell operating systems. (Apple’s boxed $129 versions of Mac OS X are just up