A Different Perspective On Snow Leopard's Exchange Support 276
imamac writes "Apple Insider has an interesting perspective on the MS Exchange support built into Mac OS X 10.6 and how it essentially frees Apple from all things Microsoft: 'Windows Enthusiasts like to spin Apple's support for Exchange on the iPhone and in Snow Leopard as endorsement of Microsoft in the server space. From another angle, Apple is reducing its dependence upon Microsoft's client software, weakening Microsoft's ability to hold back and dumb down its Mac offerings at Apple's expense. More importantly, Apple is providing its users with additional options that benefit both Mac users and the open source community.'"
Re:"dumb down?" (Score:5, Funny)
Assuming you have a computer that's less than about 6 years old, I think what you're looking for is Windows XP Pro. It has the look and feel of Windows XP Pro, hasn't bluescreened on me anytime in recent history (and when it has, it's been due to crappy 3rd party drivers), and has the UI you're looking for. As an added bonus, you don't even need to use WINE to run windows apps - they run natively!
Re:Gentoo?? (Score:5, Funny)
Fix SMB first (Score:3, Funny)
Apple is not donig "Exchange". (Score:3, Funny)
They are implementing this via a custom conduit that uses WEBDAV. It's not clear if this requires anything installed on the server side, if so then its a non-starter for most folks. For Apple PC's you're probably better off simply using the webmail interface anyway. This does provide a means for mobile sysems such as phones or laptops to actually download the messages.
Windows Enthusiasts? (Score:3, Funny)
Are there really hordes of grassroots windows partisans? I can see people who use it because they find the alternatives worse or impractical, or even people who kind of like using it. But Enthusiasts? Is it the same sort of person who joins the College Republicans, and the Comcast Fan Club?
Re:"dumb down?" (Score:4, Funny)
And once again Apple's elitist attitude comes out in their discrimination of people who's hands have been horrible mangled in heavy machinery. With a normal two button mouse you only need one finger to operate either button, but needing two fingers just to get a context menu? I guess I will need to stick with Windows until the day Apple sees that people with only one finger also deserve context menus. And until that day I would like to proudly present that single finger to Steve Jobs.
Re:"dumb down?" (Score:3, Funny)
127.0.0.1
Have fun and don't hold back.
Re:My new mac (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Apple is not donig "Exchange". (Score:3, Funny)
I'm guessing "security nightmare" really means "getting the CEO to stop using 12345 as his password."
Re:My new mac (Score:1, Funny)
It is gay porn and it is NOT a system directory. How often does the UPS man deliver packages to your father?
Re:Windows Enthusiasts? (Score:1, Funny)
There is actually. .NET they have created a horrible subculture of open source developers that post changelogs in .docx format.
Especially with
Re:My new mac (Score:2, Funny)
Glasses and neckbeards and mantits, oh my!