>Did Jobs not have a "funeral" for OS 9? I also did read that it was >speculated that eventually X would be standalone, but can't remember when >or where. >Apparently Apple changed its mind on when this would happen, they've >changed their minds on a lot of things in the past. I guess they had no >idea how much people loved Classic and thought a lot more would be using >X by now.
Jobs did have a funeral for OS 9. OS 9 is no longer being developed. Bugs will not be fixed, no versions beyond 9.2.2 will be issued. No future software releases by Apple will function in OS 9. OS X is also standalone. New Macs don't boot in anything but OS X, and from what I understand, OS 9 is no longer bundled with OS X. (however I think new macs still come with the ability to install OS 9 from their restore CD). HOWEVER, this has no bearing on Classic existing in OS X. Classic is basically a Mac Emulator that lets you run OS 9 in its own virtual computer. Classic is still to the best of my knowledge being developed. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
