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July 15, 2003
Panther ODBC Administrator
I received my developer preview cds in the mail yesterday for Panther, and began the process of backing up, installing, and instantly cursing myself for doing so. While Panther is probably a step in the right direction for a lot of things, I wouldn't suggest using it for daily desktop functionality yet. More importantly Apple didn't fix one glaringly obvious sore point: ODBC Administrator.
Despite the fact that OpenLink Software has an extremely well designed, written, and executed application to do this very service (for free too!) Apple continues to deliver this abomination of software suggesting that it is somehow usable! I really find it unbelievable that a company so focused on form / function / aesthetics has allowed a piece of custom software that is just non-intuitive to be released and continued to be released.
Best bet now is to write to Apple and request that this be fixed. Even if you aren't using ODBC for anything, it would be wise for Apple to at least make itself consistent! So write your Apple reps requesting this be corrected!
On the other hand I found this paragraph really interesting on Apple's web page:
Panther will include a final X11 window server for Unix-based apps, improved NFS/UFS, FreeBSD 5 innovations as well as support for popular Linux APIs, IPv6 and other important acronyms.
The emphasis is my own, but the you get the gist (look under the Unix-lover Heaven section).
Posted by Dan at July 15, 2003 04:36 PM
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Thanks for the posting, I've been hoping that Panther would improve ODBC support. As you are hinting that it may not I took the time to fill out the Apple feedback form.
Thanks,
iolaire
Posted by: Iolaire McFadden at August 23, 2003 05:59 PM