>----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]>
> When has Apple ever shown this kind of egalitarianism? It wouldn't be egalitarianism: Apple could sell the Mac/PC version and possibly even the Linux one: favouring development on Linux would favour also the Mac to some extent because of the cross platform element (Delphi on Linux would be Mac dependent, though making Linux developers' work easily available on the Mac, could be healthy for the Mac lobby); Apple does already distribute development tools with its OS. It might counterbalance MS a little (I can't see MS competing on the Linux platform); if Apple got the balance right, it could be an interesting synergy of commercialism and public domain; The problem with Kylix (at least here in Italy) seems to be that it was too expensive for Linux users: most people stayed with Windows and then moved over to Windows tools (Delphi has been wasting away in Italy for ages); > For all the complaining those "MacOphiles" do about > Windows, they are the most selfish lot of them all! > Apple buys successful windows apps just to deprive > windows users of them! I'm not yet a tartan wearing member of MacOphile clan, though I am thinking of moving that way (partly for sheer curiosity); What does a MacOphile wear under his kilt? Many of my non-programming friends seem happier with the Mac, just from a user's point of view (photography, video, music, audio etc). P.S. I don't seriously expect Apple to do such a thing either, but I like the idea! Kevin ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
