On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:34:23 -0500 Derick Centeno wrote: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:37:34 -0800 > Warren Nagourney <war...@phys.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Thanks, Derick. > > > > Although this is a YDL forum, I am afraid to say that there is no > > comparison between any linux on PPC and OS X. The former simply > > doesn't have the software base that I need. I used to think that it > > would be faster than OS X, but after a few installations of linux on > > Apple computers, I discovered that OS X wins hands down in the speed > > area as well. I think that linux is optimized for x86 and of course > > things like flash are only available on x86 linux (I hate flash, but > > it unfortunately has become a standard for internet video). There > > are still some PPC optimizations in OS X apps and maybe even some > > Altivec usage (which allows Quicktime to smoothly run at 1080p on my > > PPC machines). The tasks involved in writing my book would have been > > enormously greater if I had used linux instead of OS X. > > Prior to my relationship with TSS, I tried my hand at being an Apple > developer. Every course Apple offered (beyond the one free > introduction in programming for the Mac) were expensive. Beyond that > you had to complete specialized seminar training at the > Apple Campus at Cupertino!! Add to that costs for travel, hotels and > accommodations, etc an individual developer like myself could not do > that. Corporations and Universities with deep budgets however are > another matter. > > Within YDL however I could write and create things which ran and > explore my own technical interests occasionally sharing them as open > source projects which may or may not have interested others -- without > it costing blood money, mainly mine. > > There are entertaining applications for OS X, however if you really > get into the source of how Apple did things then and does things still, > and requires that they be done, nearly any careful programmer would see > "spaghetti" code -- meaning inexplicable layers between the executing > program within Apple's operating system and how that program must > function to implement hooks into established and approved Apple tools. > > This is really the secret reason why you see no improvement in > efficiency between your version of the Mac OS and the current or recent > versions of Mac OS. The spaghetti has gotten "longer" and there aren't > enough cores or processing speed to "eat" or process it all. > > The TSS team avoided the spaghetti method of programming implemented by > Microsoft and Apple. YDL and other TSS products are faster because all > that junk -- that spaghetti -- doesn't exist. > > Although nearly everyone wants to have the functionality without the > spaghetti, it isn't easy to do as Apple and Microsoft have proven by > regularly losing their products into baffling code which not only > wastes computer cycles, but also costs consumers money by costing time. > Straightforward and intentionally well designed programming helps any > processor, but with all that junk removed PowerPC systems running YDL > have no peer -- period. > > Consider also that it is rather sad that even all the work Apple has > done, in professional settings where operating systems are tested > yearly for efficient processing and security -- Linux comes in First, > Windows comes second and the Mac sometimes doesn't come in third place > because other operating systems are stronger. These tests have > been going on for at least 10+ years!! No Apple operating system > has ever achieved second place!! Allow me to be clear about this, there > is no point on working on any computer whose data can be compromised via > theft by breeches in wireless or other network, or system access > vulnerabilities. Why would anyone risk it? Yet people do all the time > because they are lulled into forgetting how vulnerable their data is as > well as intentionally misdirected regarding how strong the operating > system they choose to use actually is regarding protecting their > personal and business work. You would think that many would understand > by this date the threat of theft of their work and their personal and > work related identities, but no. > > That however is a whole different problem. In consideration of > the talent which was at Apple or Microsoft, they could and should have > done much, much better. > > Spaghetti is fine for humans to consume as an enjoyable meal together > with meat balls, sauces, etc. -- it is not intended for processors which > would have to follow Moore's Law advanced infinitely every microsecond > to successfully digest all the spaghetti humans can generate just by > sheer imagination.
The old saying comes to mind.... "What Intel giveth Microsoft taketh away." Add to that Apple now too. > > > ========= > > Refranes/Popular sayings: > The Taino say:No hay mal que por bien no venga. > There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'