24 hours of Leopard: Core Animation

It's very simple, Leopard is a true and certified UNIX Operating System, for any regular user, he'll never see the UNIX core but he will feel the rock solid stability and no-set-up security in his system with the compatibility to connect any external device like printers and digital cams without spending hours peeking for a driver on the web, added to that the new UI impressive features in Leopard like the easiest Backup system ever in history (Time Machine), Spaces, New Finder and Desktop, along with core features which are very useful for Mac developers like true and native 64-bit support and the evolutionary Core Animation which can't be even compared to Vista itself, don't make me laugh, every time I think about this, I see how much pathetic are Windows PC users who are offered SHIT, and the companies who offer them this SHIT (Microsoft + PC vendors) don't offer any better SHIT, why ? because the poor & pathetic Windows PC users don't even ask for better !

The first strike against Microsoft's productivity has been the distraction of having to figure out how to firewall, plug, patch, or deactivate all the exploitable holes in their custom, closed software platform. It's very difficult to renovate your house when the structure is on fire! In Microsoft's case, the house was built without any regard for fire safety.

And when it comes to security, it's really funny, common security measures, including the use of secure protocols and the sand boxing of Internet traffic, were ignored by Microsoft until a pandemic crisis of spyware and security exploits bought the Windows platform to its knees and brought the company widespread public embarrassment. Windows is still closely tied to insecure protocols such as SMB/CIFS file sharing, and the poorly implemented security in ActiveX, VBA and COM Automation.

Apple, like all vendors, has similarly dealt with regular new discoveries of software vulnerabilities, but their users haven't been adversely affected by waves of viruses and worms. Why not? Because many of the potential vulnerabilities for Mac OS X are related to its Unix foundation, and were fixed by the open source community before anyone could expend the efforts to exploit them.

Microsoft's Windows code preserves a lot of problematic legacy that was built at a time when networking was a trusted local affair under the control of a Network Admin. Much of Windows is still simply naive to the Internet. That turns vulnerabilities into full fledged disasters rather than potential risks that can be easily fixed.

Another big historical problem in Microsoft Windows are core architectural flaws, because they still insist to use a 15 years old rotten foundation as their OS core, it's a fact that any security issues are like random fires you can put them off but core architectural flaws are just like a rotten foundation, you can't fix them except if you will rebuild the core foundation itself.

It's not that Microsoft has been standing still. They've been working hard to deliver a regular volley of patches and workarounds to Windows' security vulnerabilities and redesigns for Window's architectural flaws. Further, they've been sidetracked by the allure of adware and paid search

It so sad people call Leopard features ripped from Vista when they don't know what they are talking about.

Vista has nothing compared to Core Animation. Let me say it again: there's no feature equal to Core Animation in Vista.

Not to mention Volume Shadow Copy is NOT the same as Time Machine.

I bet Windows 7 will have virtual desktops in 2010 just like Leopard...

Yet another Vista-ripped feature in Leopard (WPF/XAML), how surprising...

Its like I said. Can we use Time Machine to speed up time. I can hardly wait till six tomorrow. All hail Steve Jobs!!!