Mac vs PC

The endless debate goes on.
One of the oldest issues in this industry is Macintosh or an IBM PC.

In the past few years The play field has dramatically changed and gave life back in to this old debate. Apple left it's old proprietary hardware architecture and moved it's entire lineup to Intel. The Very same architecture that Microsoft Windows runs on.
Now does this make Apple an IBM PC manufacturer?
The answer is no..

I don't care what's on the inside it feels different and it works different.
The hardware is not as important anymore at least not in this discussion.
What it really comes down to is the differences between the two Operative Systems.
Because what the Macintosh really is about is the Mac OS.
The Mac os Is what makes the Macintosh a Macintosh.
Now there is of course pros and cons with both Systems.
One the biggest difference between them are the different business models that they are using.

Microsoft is licensing it's software as fast as they can to as many people as possible. This does give Microsoft Windows a clear advantage in terms of choice and variation of hardware. Same thing goes for compatibility and connectivity with and to third party software and hardware.
The downside to this is a more unstable software since Microsoft has almost no control of the hardware on witch their system is going to run. The Microsoft Windows operative system also has to be a generic solution for countless computer manufacturers. this makes it harder for Microsoft to develop it's system due to that they need do check in with the hardware company's and collaborate with them. This leaves Microsoft Windows a slow and not a very innovating product.
The business model what was chosen for Windows has proven to be the most successful one and is by far the higher volume platform.

Apple's Mac OS X is not a software that is being licensed.
Apple is keeping it's operative system closely locked in with apple hardware and the move to Intel have not changed that one bit.
usually I am not for and not happy with this kind of lock in that apple forces on you . Apple gives me more limited choices on both hardware and software.
but in this case that's ok.
because it works really good. Apple have been and is still dong a great job of delivering the kind of hardware and software that I as a user want and need.
The not having a choice doesn't really matter when I don't want or need anything else then what is being offered to me. This is of course a matter of your own personal opinion but it is really hard to argue over the simplicity and elegance of Mac OS X.
It feels better and it looks better and Mac OS X is with out no doubt the most user friendly operative system out there today unmatched by anyone in the industry.

A few years ago I would still of recommended a Windows based PC but that is not the case to day. Apple clearly has a momentum here and will soon be if not the dominant hardware brand a Dell like sized company in terms of users. The Macintosh market share percentage is rising by the day. Today most software is made for both Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X and if it's not you can now run windows on you Macintosh natively. The ability of being able to boot in Windows on your Macintosh or run a windows application in Mac os X using Windows emulators kinda puts an end to the debate.

We at the Kyaya Group declares the Macintosh as the winner and the future of the personal computer industry.

Now having that said it is important to understand that this has little to to with Apple VS Microsoft as companies.

Apple recently changed it's name from Apple Computer to Apple inc stating that they are no longer a pure computer company but more a consumer electronics company competing not only with other computer makers but also companies like Sony and Creative. Apple is also hugely influential in the music and movie industry owning the market of portable music and video players and the the digital music sales.

Microsoft is also and even more involved in things outside of their core businesses.
Microsoft is a much larger company that is involved in so many more areas.
the Microsoft Surface table and The Microsoft Robotics Group are two examples of this where Microsoft truly make science-fiction happening today. The Microsoft research group is just phenomenal and very inspiring and according to us doing the best job that currently are bing done at Microsoft.

Working With Vista

First of all you should know that Vista doesn't love you.
Vista doesn't even care about you.
In fact Vista isn't you friend at all.
When Vista leaves his home edition in the morning,
eats his breakfast and puts on his graphical user interface,
he is strictly professional.
He comes in to do a job. And boy does he do it well....
That is of course if he hasn't called in a sick day or is laying passed
out on the ground from injecting software updates straight in to his blood veins.

Another thing that you should be aware of is that even if Vista
looks like a four year old with a bucket of crayons he is still
wise beyond his year. Actually deep inside of cute little Vista
lives a wretched old hag that won't let you eat from the floor
or lick your neighbors door knob because you might catch the Spanish disease.

Overall Vista gets along great with other people.
Except for foreigners. But other then that Vista talks to almost everyone.
And that truly makes Vista Ultimate.

But I'm still gonna have to let him go.
For some reason he keeps breaking all my windows...........

First Post

As our first post we wold like to talk a little bit about the industry in general.
The software industry is truly different in many ways from other industries.
What's truly amazing is the fact that anyone with a computer and a internet connection
witch can be found at every local library can effect and have a great impact on the entire industry.
Many of todays leading software vendors have started off from scratch in garages and as school projects.
This is of course far from being the case with all of them or not even most of them.
But it still gives the knowledge and hope for the hobbyist that it is possible to reach out to a larger audience.
Not saying that it is easy to start something that can even be remotely profitable and influence.
Making software is hard, and it takes your best programming skills but also your best psychological skills to
reach the larger market. It's not so much actually putting the bricks together as it is knowing what people want and need
and also being able to forsee the next sep and what might help people doing tasks they didn't know they needed to do.
You need to be able to give people what they want but at the same time tell people what they want.
And here at The Kyaya Group we're hoping that we can do that and maybe bring something to the table.