On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Stephen Weber<[email protected]> wrote: > Apple does really know how to make people upset, obviously you wonder why > real businesses don't use Macs. It's because Apple does stuff like this. I > mean look at Microsoft and how they keep supporting older hardware.
But you also gotta realize that unlike Microsoft, Apple's source code is not bloated with backwards compatibility hacks like Windows is. If you look at the leaked NT source code you can see such outrageous stuff like bits of windows 95 code being hacked on top for backwards compatibility. This is actually Microsoft's ultimate fall because these backwards compatibility hacks are catching up with them and preventing decent security and stability. Additionally, because Microsoft business consumers now expect this constant backwards compatibility they are extremely constrained as to how they can revamp the kernel. It is not a good situation and I applaud Apple for not sticking hack on top of hack on their software to ensure constant backwards compatibility. -- Best Regards, John Musbach --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
