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Re:Apple OS X - Closed is the new Open on Friday March 25, 2011 @12:08PM (#2369064)

Clickable links (?):

Apple’s Mac App Store Opens for Business http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/01/06macappstore.html

iPad style Launchpad http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/#gallery-launchpad

Full Screen Apps http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/#gallery-fullscreen

Apple removes Samba from Mac OS X 10.7 Server http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/23/inside_mac_os_...

Bertrand Serlet to Leave Apple http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/03/23serlet.html

Apple OS X - Closed is the new Open

Posted by neverdull on Friday March 25, 2011 @11:42AM
from the self-post dept.

The more I read, the more the evidence is mounting that the long term road-map for OS X is convergence with iOS. Not next week, not next year, but it's coming. Closed is the new open, And that's a bad thing for developers and users alike.None of the evidence by itself is particularly startling - in many cases taking what works for the iPad and bringing it to the Mac makes good sense, but taken...

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Re:Ask HN: Are you working on any side projects that make "small/passi... on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @07:13PM (#2361921)

Am I the only one to be offended by someone blatantly trying to profit from this unfortunate disaster while bodies are still being pulled from the ruins?

If the revenue was being donated, I'd understand, but to do it for profit, and to brag about it here...

Re:Code School now open to the public on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @03:23PM (#2355989)

It's the word "marketplace" that sounds off to my ear - too buzzwordy, and not descriptive of what's on offer. "Environment" might sound better?

The words "interactive" and "online" are fair descriptions of the service, but essentially made redundant by the phrase "directly in the browser".