The value of network, such as a news sorter website, is directly proportional to how much the network is used. To get people to use the hyperblog system I described in the last article, Apple would need a way to encourage members to regularly contribute. They also need a system to promote and recognize accurate, interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful contributions.
According to the proponents of this myth, Apple has abandoned their open source initiatives as they move to Intel, because they are afraid that, armed with the Darwin source code, pirate 3lit3 haxx0rs will p0wn them and have Mac OS X running on generic PCs. They’re wrong, here’s why.
There are various clever ideas floating around the Web as it turns 2.0. These sites often use or rely on variety of ideas associated with new developments on the web: rich Metadata tagging, social networking, earned reputations, identity security, privacy, and inventive business models.
According to proponents of this myth, Apple and third party developers will soon stop making software that runs on PowerPC Macs; even Leopard, the next release of Mac OS X, will be Intel only! They’re wrong, here’s why.
As a frequent computer user, I cannot decide if I should switch between the ever so popular PC or the underdog, the Mac.