No new systems, a preview of an OS that won't come out until 1st Half 2005 (read as late as June 2005), and a score of "advancements" that have been available independently of Apple.
- Metadata file system like the one BeOS had working, on Apple hardware, six years ago
- System wide searching similar to that already implemented in Quiksilver
- Desktop Widgets a dead ringer for those of Konfabulator
- RSS Feeds in Safari Repeat after me: The browser is not the place for added non browsing functionality. Rather than go the route of a suite in the manner of the netscape suite, have the dignity to buy out NetNewsWire or PulpFiction in the same way you bought out SoundJam to make iTunes.
There were other announcements, but they are barely worth mentioning.
- An updated SMB file system driver. To keep up with "Everybody Else"
- BSD utilities that handle resource forks out of the box. This in a .4 point release?
- New Displays - in Aluminum! yawn.
I'm leaning stronger and stronger towards believing that we need a GPLed Carbon environment.
Give me a linux system running on Apple Hardware, running apps meant for Apple's operating system, but better.
What is it they used to say?
Think Different.
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