Tuesday January 09, 2007

Breaking up with Apple

I purchased iWork 05 and I was not able to use it a year later on my new Intel-based MB Pro. I paid for upgrading OS X just to be able to use Java 5. Yet I was easy to forgive, satisfied and full of enthusiasm for their technology.

It wasn't until the MacWorld keynote (2 hours ago), in particular the info on partnership with Cingular that I realized how evil those guys were.

Wake up, those folks seem to be dreaming to lock us all up with their own stuff using patents, exclusive licenses and proprietary data formats, they do open software and standards only when necessary!

PS1. This post is emotional rather than factual, I may change my mind in a couple of hours

PS2. I am looking for good materials on using Linux as a primary OS on MB Pro

Update (answering the comments)

• The thing that bothers me the most in the alliance with a single cellular operator is that I would not be able to change SIM card when abroad, paying the roaming fees is out of question for me
• I was not accurate saying I was not able to use iWork '05 on Intel Mac. I was just so disappointed with the performance and stability of other apps written for PPC and running on Rosetta, that I did not bother to try iWork (I believe it could behave better as Apple product). For example MPlayer would crash the OS completely every time when run, only disconnecting power supply and removing the battery could bring it back to life..