On 25 May 2009 at 7:29, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 25.05.2009 David W. Fenton wrote: > > On 24 May 2009 at 19:21, Darcy James Argue wrote: > > > >> > It's been three and a half years since the Intel Macs were first > >> > introduced, which is practically an eternity in tech-years. You are > >> > going to see a lot of new software dropping PPC support soon. > > > > There's history on this. After the switch to PPC, how long was it > > before Mac software dropped support for the Motorola chips (whatever > > the class of them was called)? > > Without any intention of making this a platform war: Yes, you are right.
How is pointing out past history in danger of starting a platform war? There's history here, and the way things played out in the past might be a guide as to how things will play out this time around. If it was 5 years before everybody stopped supporting the old chips last time around, maybe it will be about 5 years this time, too. I don't know the answer to how long support for the old platform lasted, but I suspect that Mac users might remember. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
