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They don't show the products. It's almost like a satire of a Linux fanboy: "I want to back up my hard drive every day." "It's simple - one command and it's in
by wisty 14y ago
They don't show the products. It's almost like a satire of a Linux fanboy:
"I want to back up my hard drive every day."
"It's simple - one command and it's in your crontab!"
"Wow. And ... I'm looking for a file I was working on. I can't remember the name, all I know is it's got a phone number somewhere near the top."
"OK, what format was the phone number in? I can grep that in no time!"
"Wait, it's on my home competer! I'll never be able to access it"
"HA! That's what you think. Let's see if your SSH is up ..."
- slurgfest 14y agoSadly, that would leave a better impression than current Linux marketing efforts, of which there are effectively none...
- Tichy 14y agoYou make those sound like a bad thing. How do you search for a document with a phone number on OS X? Is the appropriate (socially acceptable) response for these problems to clap your hands together over your head and shout "oh dear"?
- wisty 14y agogrep? OSX has a UNIX terminal. Apple is popular because it's user friendly, not because it has features. Advertising features isn't going to wow people. Demonstrating how user-friendly features are (even if you fake it a bit with expert users, and cherry-picking use cases) works, not simply telling the users that the features are there (and worse, arrogantly saying they are easy to use).
- Tichy 14y agoYes but grep is not allowed for this task, it is not socially acceptable. So how would you do it in an Apple way (cool, stylish, hipsterish) without freaking people out?
- alexdias 14y agoYou either use grep or Spotlight.
- Tichy 14y agoBut I mean without grep, as grep apparently isn't socially acceptable. (I am aware that OS X has a UNIX foundation and that grep is available). How would you do it with spotlight?