On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:35, Hydro Meteor wrote:
>
> 2010/6/14 António Sousa <[email protected]>
> I believe there are some coders out there who haven't realized, just
> yet, the true mindshift iPad will a bring to people, and the ...
> remember how it was when the iPod emerged?
>
> Agreed. There are still quite a few naysayers. This is typical human nature
> -- people just don't like disruptive change to the status quo (and last I
> checked quite a few developers were all human). There are those of course who
> will embrace change. The iPad is a game changer, zero doubt about it. I've
> also noticed some people within, particularly, academia (and I won't name
> which people or places) who think the iPad is kind of a gimmick or possibly a
> passing fad. Wrong! It reminds me of a professor of Computer Science at a
> university years ago (1980s) in the U.S Midwest who said then that the PC was
> a passing fad. Oops, not a passing fad at all. It seems Steve Jobs i once
> again at the center of disrupting the status quo!
>
> Skim, Skim, we want Skim, we want Skim to rock on the iPad :-)
>
> -Hydro
>
I believe there are still user who don't understand the practice of OSS.
The question is not about whether we/I think it's important/worthwhile. It's
about who and how. The first is your (in general) responsibility really
(certainly not me, as I don't have one and I can't even buy one yet here.) The
second is Apple's (PDFKit is still missing sorely.)
Christiaan
>
> 2010/5/28, Ben Moehlmann <[email protected]>:
> > I heartily agree. The lack of Skim on the iPad is the primary reason I
> > haven't already gone and bought one. Heck, I'll be happy to buy a copy!
> >
> > -Ben
> >
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