Posted by Woody on January 26, 19101 at 16:02:18:
In Reply to: Re: Christ OS: the Fall - Nice job, Philo posted by Woody on January 26, 19101 at 16:00:32:
: : I work mostly on Windows, and I've never seen anything on Windows similar to what I described above. Maybe using DOS inside of Windows would come close, but DOS is not making use of Windows in the same way that OS 9.x was running is OS X.
: Yes, Fe. Kudos, again, to Philo. I may be stretching the analogy somewhat, or at least it is imperfect, but I seem to recall in the Windows environs where some 16bit programs would run alright in the new 32bit environment when it became available. Also, once Windows 95 came out and used a big registry (system.dat and user.dat) instead of a bunch of individual configuration and *.ini files, some applications would use the registry but would still have an ini file similar to what ran on Windows 3.1 let's say. I also recall all the funny ads that Apple ran when Windows finally could use filenames with more than 8 characters; there was one in the Wall Street Journal: "Conratulati.ons!" or something like that. The OS X metaphor is working well!
: Another analogy might involve different program algorithms, like encrypted files or directories, for instance, or "read only" files, where the user retains control over any access, whether for copying, moving, deleting, read-write, etc It occurs to me that our fixes and addictions, our vices and bad habits, can all be like that. What computer analogy would correspond to the will which must surrender those files, unprotect them, that they may be accessed, written to, deleted?
: later,
: Woody