Re: Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Joly MacFie <joly () punkcast com>
Date: March 15, 2010 3:47:28 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Apple's Spat With Google Is Getting Personal

I am reminded of Umberto's famous 1994 column..


http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_mac_vs_pc.html

The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh
computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the
opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant.
Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by
the "ratio studiorum" of the Jesuits. It is cheerful, friendly,
conciliatory, it tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step
to reach - if not the Kingdom of Heaven - the moment in which their
document is printed. It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is
dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a
right to salvation.

DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation
of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle
hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that not
all can reach salvation. To make the system work you need to interpret
the program yourself: a long way from the baroque community of
revelers, the user is closed within the loneliness of his own inner
torment.

You may object that, with the passage to Windows, the DOS universe has
come to resemble more closely the counterreformist tolerance of the
Macintosh. It's true: Windows represents an Anglican-style schism, big
ceremonies in the cathedral, but there is always the possibility of a
return to DOS to change things in accordance with bizarre
decisions.....

And machine code, which lies beneath both systems (or environments, if
you prefer)? Ah, that is to do with the Old Testament, and is Talmudic
and cabalistic.

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