Comments on: Live Reaction To The Steve Jobs Keynote At WWDC 2006 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/ Simon Brocklehurst's Technology Blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/#comment-4808 simon Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:18:12 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4808 One 30" screen wouldn't be bad ;-) One 30″ screen wouldn’t be bad ;-)

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/#comment-4775 Asam Bashir Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:42:30 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4775 I sure would like to try a new Mac Pro quad x 3 Ghz maxed out with 16 Gb ram, 2 Tb raid, with dual dual gfx card connected to 4 x 30" screens running Mac OS X server and VMWare running XP and Solaris 10, no other system out there can do that, legally, he-he.... I sure would like to try a new Mac Pro quad x 3 Ghz maxed out with 16 Gb ram, 2 Tb raid, with dual dual gfx card connected to 4 x 30″ screens running Mac OS X server and VMWare running XP and Solaris 10, no other system out there can do that, legally, he-he….

]]> By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/#comment-4750 simon Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:30:18 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4750 All the companies that build OSes copy ideas off each other, and incorporate features from other OSes. And sometimes, people think of the same idea at the same time - often, it's just "the right time" to introduce new features, because of where the hardware technology is at. I'm not denying that Microsoft has copied much of what Apple has done over the years. Of course they have. I'm just saying that the "Top Secret" line wasn't really about keeping things secret - you can be quite sure that Microsoft knows *exactly* what new features are in Leopard. It was just saying, "There's more to come, in case you think this is it! We're just not ready to show it to you yet." So, Core Animation... It looks great. But so does Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). To me, they look pretty similar on the surface. What will differentiate the products built on these systems are the tools and the programming models. These will determine how easy it is to build cool, rich interfaces. You do *not* want to be coding these kind of interfaces by hand in a text editor. Tools are what you need. Microsoft has two tools for building these kind of interfaces in WPF: Sparkle and Cider. They look promising. I've not seen the Apple tools. As for other new stuff from Apple. I can understand why they decided not to show some of the new stuff here: it's a developer conference. Focussing on the Leopard preview was a perfectly reasonable thing to do - keep the Mac developers excited about building for the MacOS X platform, by showing them what Apple is trying to do keep growing its user base. And I'm sure there are other new features coming in the OS... It looks Apple is going to be doing something interesting with multi-OS virtualisation, right in the core OS. That is, I assume, why Microsoft gave up with Virtual PC on the Mac platform. They're going to be incorporating DTrace and possible ZFS; both technolgies from Solaris (which is now Open Source). Actually if you combinted ZFS with Time Machine, there would be pretty interesting possibilities that could see Apple make real inroads in the Enterprise. Front Row - I believe they're going to be doing something interesting for the consumer here. Putting HDMI outputs on iMacs and Mac Minis would be transforming for them there. And of course, the deals they're doing surrounding downloadable movie subscriptions should play a part here too - if they do this bit right, iTunes will no longer just be about the iPod, it will be about Front Row too. All the companies that build OSes copy ideas off each other, and incorporate features from other OSes. And sometimes, people think of the same idea at the same time - often, it’s just “the right time” to introduce new features, because of where the hardware technology is at.

I’m not denying that Microsoft has copied much of what Apple has done over the years. Of course they have. I’m just saying that the “Top Secret” line wasn’t really about keeping things secret - you can be quite sure that Microsoft knows *exactly* what new features are in Leopard. It was just saying, “There’s more to come, in case you think this is it! We’re just not ready to show it to you yet.”

So, Core Animation… It looks great. But so does Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). To me, they look pretty similar on the surface. What will differentiate the products built on these systems are the tools and the programming models. These will determine how easy it is to build cool, rich interfaces. You do *not* want to be coding these kind of interfaces by hand in a text editor. Tools are what you need. Microsoft has two tools for building these kind of interfaces in WPF: Sparkle and Cider. They look promising. I’ve not seen the Apple tools.

As for other new stuff from Apple. I can understand why they decided not to show some of the new stuff here: it’s a developer conference. Focussing on the Leopard preview was a perfectly reasonable thing to do - keep the Mac developers excited about building for the MacOS X platform, by showing them what Apple is trying to do keep growing its user base.

And I’m sure there are other new features coming in the OS…

It looks Apple is going to be doing something interesting with multi-OS virtualisation, right in the core OS. That is, I assume, why Microsoft gave up with Virtual PC on the Mac platform.

They’re going to be incorporating DTrace and possible ZFS; both technolgies from Solaris (which is now Open Source). Actually if you combinted ZFS with Time Machine, there would be pretty interesting possibilities that could see Apple make real inroads in the Enterprise.

Front Row - I believe they’re going to be doing something interesting for the consumer here. Putting HDMI outputs on iMacs and Mac Minis would be transforming for them there. And of course, the deals they’re doing surrounding downloadable movie subscriptions should play a part here too - if they do this bit right, iTunes will no longer just be about the iPod, it will be about Front Row too.

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/#comment-4734 Asam Bashir Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:36:10 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4734 Are you kidding, with MS track record in the past. There are some big things coming up, but until deals are final they can't be revealed. Delivering the Mac Pro, Xserve, moving the whole range to Intel in 210 days is a lot for now and a 64 bit version of Leopard is a big deal for Apple's growing developer base. Did you notice the core graphics demo? The one where he takes the iTunes screen saver and then build's a virtual city out of the covers - does that remind you of some other GUI interface where files where being grabbed and organised with hand gestures? Are you kidding, with MS track record in the past. There are some big things coming up, but until deals are final they can’t be revealed. Delivering the Mac Pro, Xserve, moving the whole range to Intel in 210 days is a lot for now and a 64 bit version of Leopard is a big deal for Apple’s growing developer base.

Did you notice the core graphics demo? The one where he takes the iTunes screen saver and then build’s a virtual city out of the covers - does that remind you of some other GUI interface where files where being grabbed and organised with hand gestures?

]]> By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/#comment-4718 simon Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:25:16 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4718 I simply don't believe the "we have to keep it secret in case Microsoft tries to copy us" line. It's much more likely that this was simply the best they could demo right now. When you've reached the point where you have to demo virtual desktops as a major new feature, you're officially scraping the bottom of the barrel... I simply don’t believe the “we have to keep it secret in case Microsoft tries to copy us” line. It’s much more likely that this was simply the best they could demo right now. When you’ve reached the point where you have to demo virtual desktops as a major new feature, you’re officially scraping the bottom of the barrel…

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/07/live-reaction-to-steve-jobs-keynote-at-wwdc-2006/#comment-4715 Asam Bashir Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4715 They have to keep shhhhhhh about certain features incase MS tries to copy them - Leopard only of interest to the public once it is released. More goodies will come at Mac Expo Paris..... They have to keep shhhhhhh about certain features incase MS tries to copy them - Leopard only of interest to the public once it is released.

More goodies will come at Mac Expo Paris…..

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