on 6/18/2002 7:21 PM, Christian M. M. Brady at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 6/18/02 8:49 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> The future is only in OS X. Actually, the enhanced present is only in OS X. >> I don't know that anyone has statistics on the numbers of Mac users >> currently using OS 8/9 vs. X, but the way forward is X. For a major company >> like MS to announce the end of development in 9 is the best support that >> Apple (who are doing the same thing) could get. "Classic" development is >> ending everywhere. If you're happy with your classic software and don't want >> to move on, that's great. But if you want updates, you'll have to move to X. > > I can't find it now, but one of the Mac sites recently posted the results of > a reader survey and found that 58 or 60% (I can't remember which) of those > responding use OSX as their primary system. I realize those numbers mean > very little since I can't tell you who responded, how many, fields of work, > etc. But they might well be indicative. Consider also how many new machines > have shipped in the last, what?, 6 months with OSX as the booting OS.
I think that even the most optimistic about Mac OS X adoption are surprised at how fast Mac OS X has been accepted by the average Macintosh community. All I hear as a developer is "when is your Mac OS X version coming out?" People just don't care any more about Mac OS 9 -- they want Mac OS X. -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
