New and Noteworthy: Apple diverging from Open Source tree for Safari?; IT support for Macs

Apple diverging from Open Source tree for Safari? A CNET report indicates that Apple may be considering a switch to its own "tree" of development from the KHTML code base, though cross-platform development is still a possibility. CNET reports "The suggestion, which KHTML developers said they were unlikely to accept, comes as Apple tries to quell rising dissatisfaction among the original architects of KHTML. Two years after hailing Apple as a white knight, those developers are calling the relationship between their group and the computer maker a 'bitter failure.' In a conflict some call emblematic of what can go wrong when corporations embrace open-source projects, developers are airing longstanding gripes against Apple, accusing the computer maker of taking more than it gives back to the open-source group." More.

IT support for Macs Chad Dickerson, writing for InfoWorld, has a somewhat disparaging take on supporting Macs in mixed platform corporate environments. "The most hardcore Mac evangelists would have you believe that Macs require little end-user support. But with Apple reigniting sales primarily through consumer technology (some call the iPod the "gateway drug" to the OS X platform), I think corporate IT could potentially face a whole crop of end-users who are not the kind of self-supporting Mac enthusiasts to which we've all grown accustomed." More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) #14: More on managing Widgets; Another CD/DVD burning fix; iSync problem; Classic startup; DHCP; more
• Problems with DualDisc format (e.g. Dave Matthews' Band 'Stand Up') on slot-loading Macs
• Mac mini USB problems
• iTunes 4.8 (#3): Security patch included

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