When I reviewed the Mac OS Leopard announcements yesterday, the first reaction was – “oh, ok. Nothing ground breaking. But it looks good.”
I liked the style of Time Machine but am not sure if I would find much use of it. I think it would be a waste of my hard disk space. Spaces (virtual desktops) has been there for years on Linux so that was not new either. The other additions are progressive. Moving forward in good direction.
And then I recalled that Apple had released Tiger just a while ago! So it is a good strategy to keep releasing your software every two years – or even more frequently. Adobe / Macromedia does the same, and I think this gives a very good edge over the competitors. The users are willing to experiment and provide feedback, so you are essentialy moving in the right direction.
Lifehacker has a comparison of the features promised in Leopard and Vista. It’s a good read.
And while I was reading all that – I was just thinking what’s coming up on Ubuntu? Or Fedora? And why is it that Linux is just “catching up” with the other OSes? Why can’t we bring some innovative solutions on the desktop user experience? I am thinking what I can do on this… hmm…