Re: what will we miss about Max OS X?
Re: what will we miss about Max OS X?
- Subject: Re: what will we miss about Max OS X?
- From: Ray Kiddy <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:06:43 -0800
On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Daniel Beatty wrote:
> Greetings Simon,
> While I am sure that iTunes and other features could be removed, there are lot of things about OSX (server or client) that I like. Especially for cloud computing, I like the Netboot/ Netrestore, XGrid, Open Directory, Software Update, ARD, and other features that make OSX far easier to manage on any scale (small or large). These features buy me time. Thus the thing the features buys me is the ability to focus on other areas. It is far to easy for me to get snow balled, and OSX makes sure that system administration is streamlined so that aspect is not a problem.
>
> Linux has great many things in its favor, but it has a number things that serve as obstacles for quality control. Since OSX is UNIX and therefore has access to the same GNU and BSD licensed software, with a high expectation for it to work, the cost of OSX is priced below my time threshold. When I was a student, this may have been a different story. To fair, I did get a number of awesome deals during my master's studies.
>
> Similarly, I use many of the frameworks that come with OSX. Core Graphics, Core Image, OpenCL, and XGrid are just a few.
>
> What I would like to see with Lion Server is the ability to strip back things to make a lean virtual machine with many of OSX's capabilities. It does not have be dumbed down to the point of OpenDarwin, because obviously I think we would all prefer the thing to have a Mac like ease of working. If such a thing existed, it would allow Netboot in concert with say Parallels Server edition and the Cumulus data store to make a powerful cloud architecture to use common desktops in addition to server farms for such service. Just a thought, but I like the idea of my WO application being able to migrate to the customer. But what do I know, I am just an academic (which is pretty close to professional dreamer.)
>
You know that Apple is heading the other way with their software, don't you? If the software is configurable in different ways, that means there are more configurations that they may have to test.
They want to turn Mac OS X into iOS. There will be the Mac (i)Store and the OS will be much less configurable and much more tightly controlled by Apple. Why should they be adding configurability? They see people buying iPhones and obviously see that they can sell a simpler and much more restrictive solution and still make money.
- ray
> Just a few cents,
>
> Dan Beatty, M.S. CS (B.S. EECS)
> Ph.D. Student
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