Ummm gnome-storage is a cheap knockoff of spotlight. I just checked it out and it really can't be compared to spotlight in my mac os x tiger preview.

Hey Michael Cowpland wasn't a crazy canadian, he was a lucky borderline criminal one. Btw Corel = Cowpland Research Laboratory, yeah he was a pompous fool too, but it was fun working there.

I know it's "hip" to hate anything made by microsoft Kristen, but microsoft make the best dev. tools in the world, hands down. Has a matter of fact it's the integral part of their success, they attract developper, who in turn make microsoft-only software. Linux hasn't cracked that equation yet, apple just started and it show, look how many mac os X application were created in so little time.

To answer Rands question, you're right there isn't much of the integrated tools for macosX the only great one is wingide2 by wingware but that's still beta ( and python only ). There's also basaone by basasoft, which seem promising if they manage to make further version.

On windows you have the great activestate's komodo, not to mention borland very own jbuilder 2005.

Adobe and macromedia is mainly for designing, unless you use coldfusion, which is becoming rare.

Anyways is Rands some kind of rock star or something? Nervous to IM? We're in high school? I remember I found this blog because I was searching for the derfcity webcomic and ended up on jerkcity, so I don't understand the whole star status for rands... Unless this is some sucking up from Rands's lower minions he manage.