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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: Finally got my new iMac!
Date 28 Mar 2015 20:55:47 GMT
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On 2015-03-28, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-03-27 22:00, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>
>> It may be a "walled garden", but the "open" alternatives come with
>> prices I am not willing to pay in terms of clunkiness of the user
>> experience and so on. I've owned and developed software for all of the
>> mainstream operating systems, and Apple's are in many ways more user
>> friendly and also preferable from a software development standpoint, and
>> allow me to get shit done faster and more efficiently than most of the
>> others. The price of "open" is your time. And my time is worth more than
>> that, which is why I giggle a bit inside whenever I see someone using
>> the phrase "walled garden".
>
> OS X is not a walled garden.  More of a courtyard on the highest hill in 
> the realm.
>
> Easy to defend yet allows for all sorts of apps, one can roll ones own 
> (as I do) and has security features with a lot of flexibility.

That's a better way to describe it, yep.

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Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-27 23:57 +0000
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-28 11:12 +1100
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 00:25 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-28 12:34 +1100
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 02:01 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-28 09:02 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:19 +0000
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-28 09:01 -0400
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:20 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 08:40 -0400
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 02:00 +0000
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 03:05 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-28 18:12 +1200
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:43 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-28 02:04 -0600
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:37 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:51 -0400
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:30 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 12:42 +1300
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:29 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 21:10 +0000
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:38 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 22:26 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:26 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 18:01 +1300
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:50 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2015-04-02 12:40 -0400
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 09:19 +1200
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:39 +0000
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 22:20 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:02 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 17:19 +1200
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 04:27 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:48 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 18:01 +1300
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-28 22:03 +1300
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:34 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-28 21:42 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 20:52 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 21:28 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 13:45 +1200
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 03:35 +0000
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-29 17:15 +1200
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 08:55 -0400
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 14:34 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 18:16 -0400
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:42 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 14:31 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 14:48 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 15:36 +0000
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-29 08:49 -0400
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-29 13:52 +0000
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-28 09:04 -0400
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-28 15:16 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:17 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:29 -0400
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 21:01 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-28 17:11 -0400
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:16 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:29 -0400
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 20:58 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 20:55 +0000
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2015-03-27 23:52 -0700
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:39 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-03-29 01:31 -0700
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 14:48 +0000
  Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-28 22:03 +1300
    Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-28 20:32 +0000
      Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 12:27 +1300
        Re: Finally got my new iMac! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-29 02:55 +0000
          Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 18:01 +1300
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-29 02:20 -0700
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 23:41 +1300
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-29 23:43 +1300
              Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 17:28 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-29 10:47 -0700
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-29 11:25 -0700
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 22:12 +0000
                Re: Finally got my new iMac! Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-03-29 15:34 -0700
            Re: Finally got my new iMac! Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-29 17:24 +0000

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