Re: [school-discuss] Re: GCompris Mac os X Binary

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vous avez raison Bruno, Mac laptop hardware upgrades cost up to 200% 
more than on a PC:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49297849-2,00.htm?from=rss

Benefits (for Apple) of a closed eco-system...

Daniel

Bruno Coudoin wrote:
> Le samedi 28 juin 2008 à 01:06 +0000, psychdoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a
> écrit :
> > e me, but I can't seem to locate the GCompris binary for
> > the Mac Os X Platform. I don't want to have to compile it myself,
> > don't
> > have the time nor the  resources. Thanking you in anticipation...
>
> I bought a MacBook 1.5 years ago just for that. We faced technical
> difficulties and have never been able to make a release for MacOS. The
> operating system is different enough to a regular GNU/Linux that it
> takes a lot of effort / time to support.
>
> Last week my MacBook stopped to work, it refuses to switch on. Of course
> the official warranty ended 6 month ago. The Apple hardware has been a
> huge over-cost for me and sadly it's of poor quality. Just after one
> year, I had to start to glue it because the plastic started to crack.
>
> So don't count on me to make a MacOS release soon.

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Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation