.Mac

[Bo Ahlberg]

One thing to remember... Apple is a Hardware Company... Its not a software
company... It has little interest in many of the same schemes for pulling
money out of our pockets that microsoft does... MS's model depends on moving
new software and renewal licenses constantly... Apple is much more dependent
on moving computers... It wants and needs software that fits its consumer's
needs and makes Macs more attractive.

So, in my view any ".mac" service will be focused on making macs attractive
and the best app platform around... So, I will welcome a ".mac" solution and
judge it on its merits.

Bo...

On 7/12/02 3:28 PM, "David Evan Isom" <deisom at pacbell.net> wrote:

> I think a more likely reason for the name change is to avoid conflict
> with Tenon's iTools (<http://www.tenon.com/products/itools-osx/>).
> Regardless, the fact that .Mac name sounds similar to .NET in no way
> suggests that Apple is about to adopt product activation and the like
> into its operating system.
> 
> On Friday, July 12, 2002, at 02:58 PM, Michael Brewer wrote:
> 
>> What is everyone's opinion on .Mac? The new name for iTools. I'm
>> especially interested in OmniGroup's opinion on it as a developer.
>> 
>> Personally, I think it is horrible that Apple is trying to ride the
>> dirty coattails of Microsoft's .Net. One of the key reasons I became a
>> Mac user was to get rid of Microsoft's increasingly hostile
>> technologies such as product (de)activation and .Net. I'd rather Apple
>> keep the name iTools or at least change it to something less vile.
> 
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