| > I meant RAID1, which is for my desktop/server, whereas the rsync cron job is
> for the laptop (to the desktop/server). I'm not sure how this is not
> automated. It's funny you should mention wireless automated backup,
> because Time Machine doesn't support that. And of course it's not going to
> work for the average consumer, but the average consumer doesn't back up,
> so that's irrelevant.
Sorry. Time Capsule.
> And there are also downsides, such as problems which you may not
> catch when all your hardware is identical.
Well this is true if all of your testing is on one platform. Which is why a broad testing program is important. But you can certainly push that out to your open source testing community. But for build and regression test, homogeneous can work very well.
> Yes, it is...not sure what you mean here.
Your argument that Firefox isn't open source. Or something similar.
> Should soon be possible. So it's not possible right now. Besides, if the
> drivers are open source, that works for me. Which is something that ATi is
> working on right now.
But the "code" for the chip isn't available.
> That has absolutely nothing to do with your initial statement that Apple's
> sales have been robust in recent times.
Sure it does. Unless you think that there hasn't been a concomitant increase in engineering purposes along with consumer purchases. That so many open source projects ship Mac OSX versions should kill that ridiculous thought.
> The tax code is not like that. You can move to another country. It just so
> happens that it's a lot easier not to use a Mac than it is to move to
> another country, so it's much more common for someone not to use a
> Mac than it is for them to move to another country because they don't
> like the tax code.
I don't think it's that hard to move to another country. But perhaps it's
hard for some. Perhaps moving from one state to another would be a simpler analogy. |