[Gvsig_english] gv_sig and future on mac os

[Agustin Diez Castillo]

On Oct 22, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Benjamin Ducke wrote:

> 
>> now at least, for me the user choose the os... for me is osX. So it's 
>> unfortunate, for me but I will have the choice of playing "roulette 
>> russe" with gv_sig or going to a more secure gis.
> 
> Or to actively promote and support gvSIG on Mac OS X to make sure that it lives
> on and prospers. That's how open source software works.
I think this is the way to go.
> Best,
> 
> Ben
> 
>> 
>> Maccel
>> Le 10-10-21 à 18:04, Simon Cropper a écrit :
>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> On Friday 22 October 2010 2:23:16 am Chris Puttick wrote:
>>>> what then?
>>> 
>>> My son has been using a iMac for several years and resisted moving 
>>> away from
>>> the computer and its operating system for all the wrong reasons 
>>> (i.e. vendor
>>> lock in with iPhone, iTunes, etc).
>>> 
>>> Recently he moved away from his iPhone and now only use iTunes and 
>>> comparable
>>> music related products.
>>> 
>>> Faced with an operating system that only allowed Apple products and 
>>> one that
>>> in recent times is just getting slower and slower (a bit like 
>>> windows XP and
>>> Vista was doing a year or so back), I convinced him to move to 
>>> Ubuntu (well he
>>> really convinced himself as I have been nagging him for sometime. 
>>> The pivotal
>>> point was when he saw me log on and open a program on my machine in 
>>> seconds
>>> compared to minutes on his).
>>> 
>>> After backing up his system (2-3 hours), it took less than one hour 
>>> to set up
>>> the base system in Ubuntu. He is enjoying the OS, the 'free' 
>>> software and
>>> lightning fast OS (at least compared to OS-X).
>>> 
>>> Where to from here? Move your iMac to Ubuntu. You won't be sorry.
>>> 
>>> I know it sound drastic but it really isn't.
>>> 
>>> P.S. It's funny how things are not apparent until they hit you in 
>>> the face. My
>>> son, while looking at the various movies he had downloaded to 
>>> iTunes, asked me
>>> how he could view these files as they were in a proprietary format 
>>> that could
>>> only be read by Apple software. He was livid that he could not view 
>>> these files
>>> using other software as he had paid good money for these movies. 
>>> After a bit
>>> of searching we were able to find a conversion routine written in 
>>> Open Source
>>> that could convert the apple movie format to a more commonly 
>>> encountered and
>>> used format.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Cheers Simon
>>> 
>>> Simon Cropper
>>> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>>> PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020
>>> P: 03 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437
>>> W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
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