On Jan 2, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Dan wrote:
>> >> OS X was originally authored on Intel developer machines long >> before an >> Intel mac was first sold to an end user. > > OS X was *ported* to Intel, not "authored". Actually. OS X was ported to PPC from the original intel-based NeXT OS, which itself was ported from the original 680X0 NeXT OS. From the very beginning Apple maintained parallel development systems on both Intel and PPC...Darwin was available for Intel a LONG time before OS X was... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
