Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Why buy a certain computer?

[Scott Hussey <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:19:12 -0600, Jason McIntosh
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> from Oracle runs on Mac, as does 10g database, Eclipse, apple's amazing
> Xcode development tools, and numerous other development environments.
> Java works, as does Mono, and numerous other languages.  CVS, Ant,
> subversion, etc. etc. etc.  Apple has actually a VERY strong
> development platform, particularly when you then add in the advantages
> of cross compilation, gcc built in, perl, and other tools.  Trust me, I

I definately agree with this. I bought a Powerbook for two main
reasons.. 1) I'd like to support companies I feel are still innovating
in the technology field (unlike Intel and Microsoft in my opinion) and
2) I'm trying to move my photography hobby to a photography
side-business and while I still use the GIMP, its nice my camera just
plugs into my laptop and works.

I was very surprised when I installed Xcode to get gcc and such and
found that for free (or at least part of the cost of the OS), Apple
provides me with a very good IDE and project management system. I
admit my past IDE was vi and make, but that was because I never saw
the need in the monster that is Visual Studio. Add in the fact Xcode
manages not only Cocoa based projects, but also Carbon (basic C
libraries), Java and a host of specialized environments like Sherlock
channels (these really rock). Certainly a very nice feature that comes
with the OS.
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Scott Hussey
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