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copy of OmniDiskSweeper ?
Answer: They both have similar ancestors. DarkForest was a NEXT utility that looked identical to both Omni's DiskSweeper and WhatSize. It took me a few searches, but I eventually found a screenshot of DarkForest for NEXT. Edit: This one is even better...
In case you're thinking that the author of DarkForest went to Omni and/or they licensed the code, that's not correct. DarkForest was written by one Garth Snyder, and Ken Case himself wrote Omni's DiskSweeper (originally called OmniDiskUsage) in 1998 [reference]. So yes, Omni's code was "first" on OS X, but it wasn't original even at that time. WhatSize is just another implementation of DarkForest, and the author admits as much on the WhatSize page. So of course, they're nearly identical, as they both have the same "parent." But to call WhatSize a copy of Omni's product is to skip over the fact that Omni's product is a copy of DarkForest. Before selecting WhatSize as a PotW, I was scanning the comments on VersionTracker to see what others thought (usually good for some tidbits), and found this quote: The second main difference is that omnidisksweeper has an unforgiving destructive delete, although it gives you a warning, it doesn't send stuff to trash, it permanently deletes on the spot. WhatSize is far more forgiving of stupid moves, you not only get a warning, but if after ignoring the warning you still regret deleting something, just open the trash.I haven't purchased DiskSweeper, so I can't verify this, but if it's true, that's a solid vote for WhatSize in my book. Two programs, one parent, similar operations, but nobody's stealing from anyone other than the fact that they both borrowed look and feel from DarkForest :). -rob.
DarkForest itself was a copy of Bacon!
Nice historics but I will add a precision.
DarkForest itself was a copy of Bacon!
Wow, thanks for the expanded history lesson! Interesting that it traces that far back... |
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