So, copyrights, Palladium, and DRM have became a hot item, with conflicting views and opinions.

A successor to the S40, this must be a good product (I hope).

Today seems to be a day of announcements of new digital cameras. Perhaps one for me also?

Nice quote to include on the preface of a book on computing. I could write a long piece about this quote, but the margin of this blog is too narrow.

Adam Curry: "There's only one thing I dislike more than missing a day on my weblog, is when Dave misses a day on his." I love that sentiment, but it's good for me to take a day off every so often. Smell the roses, invent new stuff, make new friends, etc etc.

So, you can get hooked on blogging, but you also get involved in a public discussion about the things you like and/or hate. Strong emotions, strong commitment.

However, I have decided to take at least one day off from blogging weekly, to refresh myself and to keep blogging voluntary, not an obligation.

To me the quoted article seems to be "sour grapes". Of course Mac OS X is different from Linux or IRIX or AIX, but on the other hand, IRIX is different from AIX and Linux also. I all depends on your definition of Unix. If you define Unix to be strictly your favorite Unix-like system, you exclude all the other systems. If you use a loose definion, you can argue that Windows is a Unix system, because you can run quite a few Unix-based packages under Windows.

I think Mac OS X is Unix, because I can work on a Unix command line, using typical Unix scripting, and even use the same /bin/tcsh initialization files as on IRIX, AIX, and Linux (with a few switch commands to take care of the different flavours of Unix). I can run GNOME or KDE on my iBook under OS X, if I wish, or I can use the Aqua user interface, if I want (and I do!). I don't think you should be too restrictive about Unix. It is more about the mindset of organizing things than the user interface.

A lot of OS X is Unix-like, some of it is not. You should remember that the Unix system was developed by the geeks for the geeks. If you want a Unix system to be usable by the general population, you have to make a new environment for them to use. This Apple has managed, while preserving the power of Unix underneath. Perhaps the writer is terrified of the fact that non-geeks can actually use a Unix system without having the Unix mindset?

Not that Plato, but PLATO. In any case the similey is an old communication form. Using the smiley it is a way of indicating your attitude about writing when the context is ambiguous. There is even a suggestion of UTD: Universal Text Data format with emoticons built-in.

Stallman is true to his ideals, and keeps on fighting. I like his stamina and determination, although the idealism is sometimes a unrealistic. Anyway, RMS is one of the rare true writers and thinkers in the IT world.