![]() Unix outperforms Linux and Windows as a server OS- it always has and the mach kernel is a testament to that. ![]() I am sorry to say also all of the enthusiasm for this new operating system has made it one of the most well documented ones in my opinion of fixing computers for the last 12 years. That is why those of you in the academic departments should push for Intel mac development because the systems themselves can be put together for around 500$ a piece keyboard, mouse, and monitor plus a p4 with HT, 1gb of DDR ram, 80gb HD, and DVD/RW- at that price that is the best deal there is. We do not have the time resources to cope with new platforms and are faced with a choice of hours wasted rewriting software or abandoning macs for windows because of the central support that is offered. The Gee wizz look what new macs can do focus has completely stuffed many in education and research. It is sad, I have gone from teaching in a university department buying about 30 macs a year to surrendering to use microsh**t platform for all but my individual research simply because the lack of backwards compatability and steves hubris in junking hypercard. I have more important things to do with my time. The time involved learning new programming languages and compilers then redoing much of this work would take me about 5 - 6 years if I worked on it non stop. I have spent 20 years programming hypercard stacks for various psychology research projects. It is a matter of the number of hours invested in writing software. ![]() Lew, I could afford a new machine every year, the cost is trivial compared to the number of hours invested in writing software. ![]()
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