DOS experience from Apple ?!

"In the days of DOS I could keep a master, clean copy of Windows on a server....In the days of DOS, the repair tools were quite good. Products like PC Tools and Norton had great file and disk recovery tools, great defragmenters, etc. From DOS you could thoroughly fix the system' disk storage...."

Apple's Plan to Provide the Best Darned Windows Experience Anywhere -- Even Better Than Microsoft by Robert X. Cringely

still remember the day we ran Windows from DOS prompt ...

C:\>win

Google Calendar

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Google Calendar

and Safari support is coming soon ......

It's not an April fool

Apple will include technology in the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today.

Boot Camp

Is it a good idea?

Software Maintenance is a Solution, Not a Problem

... In most computing installations, the people who do maintenance tend to be those who are new on the job or not very good at development. There's a reason for that. Most people would rather do original development than maintenance because maintenance is too constraining to the creative juices for most people to enjoy doing it. And so by default, the least capable and the least in demand are the ones who most often do maintenance...

Software Maintenance is a Solution, Not a Problem

This article gives another point of view in Software Maintenance.

Bad luck v.s. Quality

My iMacG5 fxxked up again, this time is the power supply. It shutdown automatically in thursday night. A tech guy from AppleCare came this morning and felt disappointed with the poor quality of Apple hardware. Does it mean I have to sell my iMacG5 before warranty coverage expire ?!