Last December, we shared with the world the notMac Challenge, a contest to create a complete, free replacement for Apple’s frustratingly over-priced .Mac Internet service. Now, competing for a prize of $8,500, Ben Spink (of CrushFTP fame) has submitted a contender to the challenge, almost 9 months later. CrushFTP actually features prominently in the suite, but with a few UI tweaks to more closely take the place of .Mac. The current beta is available here. The judging of the contest will continue through Sunday, so download now if you want your voice to be heard.
It’s looking good right now. I mainly want this effort to succeed so Apple will just make .Mac free again, as happened once the XPonMac project successfully enabled dual boot on Intel Macs about five seconds before Boot Camp rolled out the door.
Love to hear your thoughts on the beta, folks.
2 responses to “Complete .Mac Replacement in Beta”
Downloading, will come back to you